War, Terror, Rise and Fall of Kitibel: A Short Story

By Philama Ductan

Terror, adventure, and discovery for those who like surprise. In fact, we all do. This novel' as short as it is, reflects the trough reality of Hispaniola's life in terms of its people regarding the voodoo's practice and anymore. In often time, Dominicans, and Haitians who co-habit this Tainos's land have been so resilient and generous on earth

• Language: English
• Publisher: Authors' Tranquility Press
• Release date: Nov 9, 2023
• ISBN: 9781962492423

Philama Ductan

Terror, adventure, and discovery for those who like surprise. In fact, we all do. This novel' as short as it is, reflects the trough reality of Hispaniola's life in terms of its people in regard to the voodoo's practice and any more. In often time, Dominicans and Haitians who co-habit this Tainos's land have been so resilient and generous on earth but, the externals forces make it impossible to break the dark cycle of poverty...this book explain these circumstances and many more...

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War, Terror, Rise and Fall of Kitibel/ PHILAMA DUCTAN

Paperback: 978-1-962492-41-6

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CONTENTS

Part 1 (English Version)

PROLOGUE

War, Terror, and the Birth of Kitibel!

THE RISE AND FALL OF KITIBEL!

Part 2 (Spanish Version)

PRÓLOGO

¡Guerra, terror y el nacimiento de Kitibel!

¡EL ASCENSO Y LA CAÍDA DE KITIBEL!

About the Author

PART 1

(ENGLISH VERSION)

PROLOGUE

This story has been told in three languages due to the historical context of the Spanish island: English and Spanish, in addition to the French or Creole version. I sincerely believe, as an educator, that this can be used as a great source of information for translators, historians, students, fiction lovers, and in education.

In fact, a third of the island alluded to by Haitians, speaks French and Creole, and the remaining two-thirds that insinuate Dominicans, Spanish. But to be fair, what about this beautiful language that the so-called creole mainly indicates, is it a language, a slang or nothing?

Most Haitians speak Creole at birth and remain so until they die. It is the everyday language of the people, the language of the street. French, on the other hand, has always been the predominant language in Haiti, used in education, diplomacy and by elites and the State, while Spanish is the language spoken by all Dominicans in general.

This book then exemplifies the historical context of both Haiti and the Dominican Republic: their past, their present and their destiny in succinct or concise terms hoping that they will enjoy the result of it...

Please make it a magnificent triumph....

WAR, TERROR, AND THE BIRTH OF KITIBEL!

Not too far into the distant past, I found myself caught in a web of intrigue that would change my life forever. I was growing up in an island that was implicated in all sorts of customs; voodoo and poverty trooped like twin pairs that disrupted the people’s livelihood. I was struggling to make sense of any of them all. I liked to read as much as I enjoyed asking questions. It was through questioning that I learned how the populaces mainly the Tainos and Alkebulants initiated on the island in the first place. Now, my goal was to eradicate the intricacies of voodoo from the people’s mindset that bankrupted the country I was born in.

At an early age, I was as smart and docile as the other boys in Valparaizo city where I grew up. While my peers enjoyed playing with toys and destroying them in the process, I declined to be any part of it; instead, I would prefer to sit beside Pekles, my sexagenarian’s father to learn about voodoo history, mathematics, science, and else. Clearly, I wanted more than that; I would prefer someone I could rely on to teach me what I need to know to pursue my objectives which were mainly: Can the loas really speak, smell, eat, and drink? And I sought to find out.

My father taught me about a war that had vehemently fought to expel the foreigners from the only two countries on the island for many years. He seemed to rejoice in telling me when the invaders had dissected the island into two countries, they named each: the Dominican Republic on the East and Haiti on the West.

The invaders changed the way of life of the people and their heritage and implemented the slavery system. Indisputably, the native’s culture, livelihood, and religion had disappeared through genocide to instill Christianity and subsequently the voodoo in Hispaniola. But in as much I was eager to learn about my history, I wanted to know some more about the famous word slavery in addition to Christianity and sugar cane.

I asked my dad, What is slavery in relation to sugar cane, wasn’t it the crop that people used for their consummation in that era? No! my father said.

Slavery was a system that invaders had implanted in Hispaniola to create terror among races mostly the Tainos and Alquebulants. They had done it through the support of the Holy Catholic church blessed by the Pope in the name of God and the civilization, to say the least. and I was stunned as being an Alquebulant descendant. There is really no other word to define this particular term, slavery, my father said.