Rigaud, Odette Mennesson [Introduction and Photos]

AH HAITI, GLIMPSES OF VOODOO [Inscribed by Rigaud to Harold Courlander]

Roxbury, MA: National Center of Afro-American Artists, 1972. First Edition. Small quarto, [40] pages. In Good condition. Staplebound, with white covers and black lettering. Covers are moderately soiled, age toned, and foxed. Stress lines along spine. Light shelving wear along edges. Moderate wear along text block edges. Moderately age toned and foxed throughout. Adhesive stain on title page, opposite where an errata slip has been adhered inside the front cover. Inscribed in blue ink on title page by Odette Mennesson Rigaud to Harold and Emma Courlander. Shelved in Room F.

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $400

NOTES

This play is inscribed by notable French and Haitian ethnographer and photographer Odette Mennesson Rigaud to Harold Courlander -- himself a prolific and much-awarded novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist specializing in African, Caribbean, and African-American cultures, including Haiti -- and his wife. The inscription, written in French, references the esteem and deep friendship Rigaud had for Harold Courlander, who is quoted at the end of the book's introduction. Courlander himself described Rigaud to Karen Richman as "the ultimate insider, the outstanding non-Haitian. She knew everybody. She was the best informed of all researchers and scholars."