Real Dictators

Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant

Aug 26, 2020

50:34

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Man of Medicine Who Convinced His People That He Was a Voodoo God

4min

Francois Binois and the Haitian President

2min

The Benoir Massacre

5min

Papa Doc: A Portrait of a Haitian Tyrant

2min

The History of Haiti

2min

The Haitian Revolution

2min

The Impact of the American Occupation on Black Haitians

5min

The Origins of Voodoo

5min

10.

Duvalier's Passion for Voodoo

2min

11.

Duvalier's Penicillin Cure in Haiti

3min

12.

Papadock's Transformation From Benign Country Doctor Into Rampaging Dictator

4min

13.

The Importance of Hindsight in Haitian Politics

4min

14.

Duvalier's Theory of Power

4min

Just a few hundred miles south of Florida, across the Caribbean Sea, lies Haiti. From 1957 to 1971, this tropical island nation was ruled by a would-be demigod. François Duvalier - better known as “Papa Doc” - wielded the twin powers of state violence and voodoo. Real Dictators takes you behind the scenes of Papa Doc’s maniacal regime. His victims and adversaries tell the story of the medical doctor who became the butcher of his people.

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