Haiti After Baby Doc
December, 1986
Haiti After Baby DocUntil three days before I left, I had planned to have my 15-year-old son Ari accompany me to a place I had previously visited with his sisters and his twin brother. It was his turn to explore Haiti with his dad and, as a drummer in a jazz band--in fact, in two jazz bands--he was especially interested in taping voodoo ceremonies and Haitian percussion. Other members of the family stringently opposed the trip, but his desires and mine--I'm a fanatic for Haiti--seemed to prevail...