“Peasants are a rude lot, and hard: life has hardened their hearts, but they are thick and awkward only in appearance; you have to know them. No one is more sensitive to what gives man the right to call himself a man: good-heartedness, bravery and virile brotherhood.”
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Jacques Roumain
Jacques Roumain, born on June 4, 1907, was a Haitian politician and writer. He played a significant role in the Haitian independence movement and was also an influential writer whose works had a profound impact on Haitian literature. more
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