Teyat Kreyòl: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A 1997 paperback edition of “Teyat Kreyòl” by Feliks Moriso-Lewa (Félix Morisseau-Leroy) features six plays written in Haitian Creole. The laminated front and back covers have a white background with red and blue typeface. At the top of the front cover in blue text is [Feliks / Moriso-Lews] and at the bottom center is [Antigòn / Wa Kreyon / Pèp la / Moun fou / Rara / Anatòl]. The title of the book is written sideways on the right and left edge in red text [teyat / kreyòl]. There is a tear in the bottom left corner in the front cover. The back cover provides a biography of the author which continues in the end pages of the book.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1997
• Written by: Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Haitian, 1912 - 1998
• Type: paperbacks
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 9/16 in. (21 × 14 × 1.5 cm)
• Place printed: Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Place purchased: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Literature
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Play
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Tragedy (Theatre)
• Object number: 2022.102
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Eustache Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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