macoute

I couldn’t reach past his fear nor make him understand my words, and then I made matters worse when I asked again about Toot and used the term tonton macoute.

Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

I couldn’t reach past his fear nor make him understand my words, and then I made matters worse when I asked again about Toot and used the term tonton macoute.

Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

I couldn’t reach past his fear nor make him understand my words, and then I made matters worse when I asked again about Toot and used the term tonton macoute.

Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

I couldn’t reach past his fear nor make him understand my words, and then I made matters worse when I asked again about Toot and used the term tonton macoute.

Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

The Dewbreaker, which presents the life of a Haitian tonton macoute and the victims of his torture gives a poignant portrait of love, loss, forgiveness and leaves the reader wondering about redemption - just how much can a human being change in a lifetime?

Books of Last Year 4 2007

TON TON MACOUTE From ton ton, or uncle, and macoute, the straw shoulder bag of the peasant.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

Some said he had repented and become a legitimately initiated houngan; others described him as a houngan macoute, a charlatan who lacks true spiritual knowledge.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

The latter name, incidentally, comes from a Haitian folktale that admonishes misbehaving children that their Ton Ton, or uncle, will carry them off in his macoute, his shoulder bag.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

In the political and social disarray triggered by the earthquake, the former armed militia and Ton Ton macoute will be playing a new role.

Republic Broadcasting Network 2010

In the months leading up to the 2004 Coup d'Etat, US special forces and the CIA were training death squadrons composed of the former tonton macoute of the Duvalier era.

Republic Broadcasting Network 2010