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The News Agents

Experiments in international news and arts with Jude Montague. This week: Haitian music and Haitian history in relation to the colonial powers in the Caribbean. In 1804 Haiti declared independence and abolished slavery. In 1811 Henri Christophe became king and after his suicide the Haitian Queen Marie-Louise Coidavid came to Britain in exile, living in Hastings from 1822-1824. Local arts practitioners from St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings are preparing a celebration of her time and celebrating the abolition of slavery, taking inspiration from the rebel RaRa bands. For more information see http://thenewsagents.blogspot.com. [Repeats Monday 9am.]

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