1804 from PLANETARIZATION by ALEX JACQUEMIN

1804 is the date of the declaration of independence of the first Black Republic in the world, Haiti, after beating the occupying Napoleon troops. This track is not a Caribbean composition, but it expresses to me the force and profoundness that such a moment may have provided in the hearts of Haitian people, besides the pain of having had to pay such a huge price for their insubordination since then.

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