
A Canadian missionary mentors a brilliant orphan who rises as revolutionary priest and elected leader amid Caribbean dictatorship and despair.
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A Canadian missionary mentors a brilliant orphan who rises as revolutionary priest and elected leader amid Caribbean dictatorship and despair.
"Father Paul Michel, a Canadian missionary on the desperately poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a black child from abject poverty and sets him on a road toward a dramatic and dangerous future as a revolutionary Catholic priest and, later, as the first democratically elected leader in a land of dictators and despair." "Jeannot, as Father Paul calls him, is young and brilliant, a messianic orator, who bravely urges his black brethren to rise against their oppressors. His actions alarm the Va...
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Assassination, arson, and brutal military repression against political foes
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Catholic priesthood, Vatican politics, missionary work, and faith crises central
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Revolution, dictatorship, democracy, and racial-class oppression drive the story
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Abject poverty, systemic oppression, and brutal political repression of the poor
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