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Duration: 10:41 minutes Upload Time: 2007-10-05 22:44:13 User: donovonc :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day |
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Description: In New Memoir, Award-Winning Haitian Novelist Edwidge Danticat Chronicles Death of Her Uncle at Federal Immigration Jail Edwidge Danticat is an award-winning Haitian-born writer who now lives in Miami. In November 2004, Danticat's 81-year-old uncle, Reverend Joseph Dantica, died in the custody of immigration officials. He had arrived from Haiti seeking political asyslum following threats on his life. Denied his medicines and accused of faking an illness, he died just days after his detention. Edwidge Danticat tells this devastating story in her latest book, "Brother, I'm Dying." |
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| greatbroad ::: Favorites Kind of reminds me of 'The Diary of Anne Frank.' It is frightening when the 'beacon of hope' for humanity, the Light of the World goes dark... We are left to walk: the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 07-10-06 13:13:58 __________________________________________________ | |
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