Haiti: “Shacking up” with America

Written byGeorgia Popplewell
Posted 21 March 2006 21 years ago

Alice Backer links to an article on the new realities of US immigration which helped her understand how Haitian-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was able to vote in the recent Haitian elections: “it turns out he's shacked up, not married, to America”.

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