Post by fugees-online on Feb 20, 2006 9:30:38 GMT 1
FUGEES STAR WYCLEF PLANS TO WRITE HAITIAN MEMOIRS
FUGEES star WYCLEF JEAN is set to add heritage author to his impressive resume after discovering there are no good travel or cultural books about his native Haiti.
The GONE 'TIL NOVEMBER hitmaker was appalled when he couldn't find one book detailing the rich heritage of his homeland on a recent trip to his local Barnes + Noble bookstore, and so Wyclef has taken it upon himself to pen a culture guide.
He says, "I love writing, so one of my missions in the next three or four years is to write a book. It's going to be told from a point of view of me and Haiti.
"Growing up there, you don't have any money but you're just happy with so much spirit. I took my wife to the little, tiny, small village where I'm from and I remember going to school and I'd have to walk in a puddle. They put me on a donkey so I wouldn't walk in the puddle.
"The book will be full of memories like that - a love story to Haiti."
The Fugees star has become a local hero in Haiti after setting up the Yele Haiti charity to help fund the island's poorest areas and buying the nation's leading TV network with a view to covering corruption news stories.
18/02/2006 14:55
FUGEES star WYCLEF JEAN is set to add heritage author to his impressive resume after discovering there are no good travel or cultural books about his native Haiti.
The GONE 'TIL NOVEMBER hitmaker was appalled when he couldn't find one book detailing the rich heritage of his homeland on a recent trip to his local Barnes + Noble bookstore, and so Wyclef has taken it upon himself to pen a culture guide.
He says, "I love writing, so one of my missions in the next three or four years is to write a book. It's going to be told from a point of view of me and Haiti.
"Growing up there, you don't have any money but you're just happy with so much spirit. I took my wife to the little, tiny, small village where I'm from and I remember going to school and I'd have to walk in a puddle. They put me on a donkey so I wouldn't walk in the puddle.
"The book will be full of memories like that - a love story to Haiti."
The Fugees star has become a local hero in Haiti after setting up the Yele Haiti charity to help fund the island's poorest areas and buying the nation's leading TV network with a view to covering corruption news stories.
18/02/2006 14:55
fosho!
