Frankétienne Honored in a Powerful Tribute at UNESCO

For having been confined too long in the vice grip of the Duvalierist nights, Frankétienne expressed himself through excess, in a creative madness that led him to write, paint, sing, dance, and embody his own character as an actor. On the stage of UNESCO in Paris, a packed auditorium delighted in a performance reflecting the stature of a brilliant megalomaniac—someone whom God Himself had chosen to be a creator fundamentally driven by impulse and organically bound to Haiti.

The Permanent Delegation of Haiti to UNESCO,