Erol josue biography sample
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YAKETY YAK
Haitian Carnival celebrations in happier days.
Surely top of the list right now is Gaza while Israel continues to wage its genocidal war. Second would be Sudan, where a barbaric militia funded by the UAE have turned an attempted coup (against their former military dictator pals) into ethnic cleansing and mass murder. Life in Ukraine, as Russia constantly bombs and pushes ground troop surges, involves living with the constant threat of death and destruction. Tigray and Congo are fraught with unfinished conflicts and myriad problems. Being Uyghur or Tibetan in China must be an often terrifying, always stressful experience. And then there is Haiti: while not at “war” or persecuted bygd draconian politicians, life in Haiti is, surely, hell on earth.
I’m guessing all my readers are, to varying degrees, aware how, following the bizarre 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President Moise (by a group of 28 utländsk mercenaries), the Antilles nation has descended into a failed
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Erol Josué – Pèlerinaj (2023)
Erol Josué’s second album, Pèlerinaj (“pilgrimage” in Haitian Creole), is an 18-track exploration of voodoo, a religion that has been poorly represented by Hollywood sensationalism and ignorance. The album skillfully combines sacred chants and traditional rhythms, such as dogo, noki, and fla voudoun, with elements of funk, jazz, rock, and club-friendly electronic dance music (EDM). Pèlerinaj follows Josué’s journey from leaving Haiti at 19 to living in Paris, New York, and Miami for two decades before returning home as a pilgrim and proud repatriate.
Throughout the album, Josué sings beautifully in French and Haitian Creole, telling stories of ancient wisdom and covert engagement. Various songs pay homage to voodoo deities, such as the queen of the night (‘Rén Sobo’); the female sun deity (‘Ati Sole’); and the blessed voodoo Virgin (‘Palave Maria’). ‘Erzulie’ features elegan
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