After the dance : a walk through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti
/ by Edwidge Danticat.
- New York : Crown Journeys , 2002
- 158 p. ; 21 cm.
Edwidge Danticat has always feared the Carnival in Haiti, but one year she decides to overcome her fears by spending the week before Carnival in the area around Jacmel, tracing the region's history and learning about the Carnival and its traditions.