I bought this mask while living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of about a dozen that I own. Beautiful, I think, in its craftsmanship and simplicity.
Photo © Michael Deibert
Michael Deibert is the author of Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History (Zed Books), In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico (Lyons Press, 2014), The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair (Zed Books, 2013) and Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti (Seven Stories Press, 2005). He can be followed at twitter.com/michaelcdeibert.
About Me
- Michael Deibert
- I am an author and journalist who focuses on Haiti, the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Mexico, Guatemala and occasionally further afield in Africa, the Americas and Europe. Hopefully, that means being of some use in the struggle of economically and socially disadvantaged people to lead more just and decent lives. Photo © Hilary Wallis
In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico
In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair (Zed Books)
Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti
Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti (Seven Stories Press)
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A few select articles by me
- A Glittering Demon: Mining, Poverty and Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- A Humanitarian Disaster Unfolds in Eastern DRC
- Amid Elections, Armed Groups Hold Colombian Town under the Gun
- An Appeal to Decency on behalf of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent
- An Update on Haiti (Audio interview with Leonard Lopate on WNYC)
- Aristide's Tinderbox: Haitian Militants Losing Faith in President’s Promise of Reform
- Cautious Calm Settles Over War-scarred Ituri Region
- Congo: Between Hope and Despair
- Drugs vs. Democracy in Guatemala
- Film on Plantations Spurs Backlash
- For Jazz Musicians, a Paris Tradition Continues
- France's Troubled Suburbs Erupt Again
- From Kingston to Brooklyn: Sir Coxsone Turns On the Power
- Grieving Father Takes on Police Impunity
- Guatemala's lonely battle against corruption
- Haiti's battered faith
- HAITI: "We Have Never Had Justice"
- Hauling HIV/AIDS Out of the Closet
- In a Governmental Vacuum, Yearnings for a Lost Empire
- In Ivory Coast, a Fragile Peace Is Framed by Promises Unfulfilled
- In South Africa, Zimbabwean Refugees Find Sanctuary and Contempt
- Kashmiri Separatist Seeks End To Armed Struggle
- La Lucha de Haïti : De Toussaint Louverture a Jean-Bertrand Aristide (Interview en español)
- Like Colombia, Iconic City Remains a Place of Promise and Peril
- Mexico's Cartel Wars
- Por que o Brasil deve permanecer no Haiti (Portuguese language article from Folha de Sau Paulo)
- Riots Rage in Paris Suburb After Police Collision
- Storm of Killing in Neighbourhood Has Wide Implications for Nation
- The Bitter Taste of Cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire
- The Final Testament of Rodrigo Rosenberg
- The Haiti I love is still there
- The terrible truth about Martissant
- Time to support Haiti
- Xstrata Dreaming: The Struggle of Aboriginal Australians against a Swiss Mining Giant
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Bookshelf
- Delirium by Laura Restrepo
- Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day by Carrie Gibson
- Florida in the Great Depression: Desperation and Defiance by Nick Wynne and Joseph Knetsch
- Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine by Robert Conquest
- In the Palace of the White Skunks by Reinaldo Arenas
- In the Time of Tyrants: Panama : 1968-1990 by R. M. Koster & Guillermo Sanchez
- Lanmou, anvi, pèdans by Patrick Sylvain
- Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Riddim Tracks
- Acidulé by Marina Celeste
- God's Got It: Legendary Booker & Jackson Singles by Reverend Charlie Jackson
- Lakou trankil by Bélo
- Las Raices del Son by Sexteto Habanero
- Missa Luba by Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin
- Rastafari by Ras Michael & the Son of Negus
- Steamin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
- Testament ya Bowule by Simaro Lutumba Massiya
- The Merdoum Kings Play Songs of Love by Abdel Gadir Salim
- Wátina by Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
Links
- Afro Reggae
- AlterPresse
- Andrew McConnell
- Ariel Dison
- Artfully AWARE
- Balkan Witness
- Benjamin Deibert Photography
- Cari Luna
- Centro para Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH)
- Charles Mushizi
- Dilip D'Souza
- El Periodico
- Elizabeth Roebling
- Fondasyon Kole Zepòl (FONKOZE)
- Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libète (FOKAL)
- Franc Contreras
- Generación Y
- Gerry Hadden
- Greater Kashmir
- Groupe d'Appui aux Rapatriés et Réfugiés (GARR)
- Haitian Education & Leadership Program (HELP)
- Hilary Wallis
- Human Rights Watch
- Irina Prentice
- Lebanon Heart Blogs
- Ma'an News Agency (Palestine)
- Mariane Pearl
- Michael Deibert's Haiti Blog
- Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH)
- Noelle Theard
- Nomi Prins
- O Dia
- Preet Srivastava
- Radio Kiskeya
- Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)
- Rue 89
- Stephen Leahy
- Sutton Stokes
- The Dead and the Missing in Kashmir: Michael Deibert's Blog
- Thos Robinson
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