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Beken
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The Haitian singer Beken, whose government name is Jean Prosper Dauphin, was born in Port-au-Prince in 1956. When he was twelve he lost a leg in a car accident. In Haiti, a cripple without means is condemned to the life of a malere-one of the permanently wretched of the earth. Luckier than many, Beken attended Sainte Eternité School, which serves disabled children, and managed to complete high school by the age of nineteen-more education than most Haitians can win. lf the sang "Bakaloreya" has the facts straight, he might have gone on to university, if not for the death of… read more
The Haitian singer Beken, whose government name is Jean Prosper Dauphin, was born in Port-au-Prince in 1956. When he was twelve he lost a leg in a car accident. In Haiti, a cripple without … read more
The Haitian singer Beken, whose government name is Jean Prosper Dauphin, was born in Port-au-Prince in 1956. When he was twelve he lost a leg in a car accident. In Haiti, a cripple without means is condemned to the life of a malere-one… read more
