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Tonton Macoute-Tonton Macoute. Full album (Original Post)
ornotna
Sep 2019
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applegrove
(118,880 posts)1. Strange name for an album. Ton ton Macoute were they not Haitia dictator
police?
ornotna
(10,807 posts)2. Strange name for a group
considering what it represents.
applegrove
(118,880 posts)3. That is the name of the band? Very weird. Maybe they are Haitian
musicians and they want to own what scares them most?
ornotna
(10,807 posts)4. Not Haitian
English I think, wouldn't swear to it.
ornotna
(10,807 posts)5. They were Papa Doc's special police
Brutal thugs.
applegrove
(118,880 posts)6. Exactly.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)7. The tontons macoute were Duvalier's thugs.
The name tonton macoute literally means Uncle sack, and refers to the bad man in the fairy story who takes away the children who misbehave.