Haitian Singer and His Guitar Fight Urge to Weep
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Beken, born Jean-Prosper Deauphin, sings songs about despair and redemption that resonate deeply with
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — His pack of Comme Il Faut cigarettes was almost depleted. The smell of rotting garbage on the street and fried pork from a stall next to his tent filled the air in Place St. Pierre. Some children looked at his crutch and grew silent. Beken, one of Haiti’s most gifted musicians, exhaled a veil of smoke.
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