In Haiti, a musical pre-quake tradition restored
In post-earthquake Haiti, one pre-quake tradition has been restored. Thursdays at the Hotel Oloffson are back. The Haitian roots music band, RAM, is once again playing every week to a packed house. The World’s Amy Bracken caught up with the band’s leader, Richard Auguste Morse, in Port-au-Prince.
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