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This article provides an intellectual biography of the late anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot. Using the metaphor of Trouillot as a songwriter, it foregrounds the unique constellation of themes, approaches, and preoccupations that defined Trouillot’s life and work, regardless of genre.

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Caribbean studies Haitian studies historiography history of anthropology Michel-Rolph Trouillot

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Remembering the songwriter: The life and legacies of Michel-Rolph Trouillot

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