Say you join a revolution in the name of liberty and equality. Then someone hands you a crown. Could you do more good, with that power? Or will everything fall apart? Come with us to Haiti and across Europe in the twisty-turny tale of THE QUEEN OF HAITI, Marie-Louise Christophe.
Katie's guest is Vanessa Riley, author of Queen of Exiles.
To learn more about the sound recordings by anthropologist Alan Lomax, check out CulturalEquity.org, and the American Folklife Center. We featured "Valtz Creole" by Musique Creole Group, and a number of voodoo ceremony recordings.
Additional music was composed by ELPHNT, Kevin Macleod, Jimena Contreras, Quincas Moreira, Sir Cubworth, Aaron Kenny, Brian Bolger, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
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THE MAID OF MONTEREY Maria Ruiz de Burton
THE REVOLUTIONARY ACTRESS Sahib Gizzatullina
THE SISTERS Jane and Anna Maria Porter
THE SAGE Gargi Vachaknavi
THE RADICAL Lola Ridge
THE VISIONARY Hildegard of Bingen
THE DISAPPEARING WOMAN Adelaide Herrmann
THE MUSICIAN Mary Lou Williams
THE PHILOSOPHER Margaret Cavendish
THE UNSINKABLE Margaret “Molly” Brown
THE PRINCESS Te Puea Herangi
THE BOOK MISSIONARY Mary Lemist Titcomb
THE SINNER Pearl DeVere
THE SAINT Margaret Clitherow
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