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If you're interested in learning more, please check out any of the following publications.
They are all excellent resources, and they include information about batey life, the challenges faced by batey residents,
the tensions that exist between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and Dominican history, culture, and politics.
Books
Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola. By Michele Wucker.
Why the Cocks Fight shares an extensive historical
analysis of the strained relationship between Haiti and the Dominican
Republic, and it offers insight into the current tensions that persist
between the two nations.
In the Time of the Butterflies. By Julia Alvarez. *In the Time of the
Butterflies* is the fascinating story of four Dominican sisters and their
husbands who fight against Trujillo's brutal dictatorship.
In the Name of Salomé. By Julia Alvarez. *In the Name of
Salomé*intertwines the lives of a mother and daughter, and it tells
how each
woman creates and responds to her role in a Latin American revolution.
A Cafecito Story. By Julia Alvarez. *A Cafecito Story* shares the plight
of a Dominican coffee farmer as he struggles to support his family and find
his place in the global coffee market.
Before We Were Free. By Julia Alvarez. A young adult novel, *Before We
Were Free* describes the uncertainty and fear of a Dominican teenager
who attempts to understand her family's involvement in the resistance
against Trujillo's dictatorship.
The Feast of the Goat. By Mario Vargas Llosa. *The Feast of the Goat*
offers insight into the final years of Trujillo's dictatorship and the
conspiracy that leads to his assassination.
The Farming of Bones. By Edwidge Danticat. *The Farming of Bones* tells
the story of a couple who battles to survive Trujillo's 1937 massacre, and
it highlights the extreme suffering of Haitians living in the Dominican
Republic in the late 1930s
Online Resources
"Illegal People: Haitians and Dominico-Haitians in the Dominican Republic" is a report from Human Rights Watch.
Download location: http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=americas&c=domini.
"Beyond the Bateyes," a report from the National Coalition for Haitian Rights, can be read at http://www.nchr.org/reports/bateyes.pdf.
"Migration in the Caribbean: Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Beyond" can be found at the Minority Rights Group Web site in their publications archive section where they list reports in PDF format.
"Needed but Unwanted: Haitian Immigrants and their families in the Dominican Republic," by the Catholic Institute for International Relations, can be downloaded from the free downloads section of the publications part of the CIIR website.
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