The Frisner Augustin Archive

Makandal Invites You to…
The Frisner Augustin Memorial Archive Launch Party
Friday, 21 December 2018, 7 p.m.
The Great Room @ South Oxford Space
138 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn 11217 (get directions)
FREE and open to the public!

Watch the video!

You may also view our event page on Facebook.


Make a Tax-deductible Donation to the Archive Project

Take some time out to read our blog series, Tales from the Archive. Each blog post tells a story about  an item or items we have digitized for the Archive. If you would like to be part of the effort, you can make a contribution by way of the link above, or you can send a check  payable to La Troupe Makandal, Inc., at 621 Rutland Road Apt 4C, Brooklyn NY 11203-1716.

Who was Frisner Augustin? Read about him on Wikipedia.

Featured image by the late photographer Joujou Foto, Port-au-Prince, circa 1965. See Frisner just right of center at a petwo drum (and sporting a bonnet), with a Mardi Gras band of his own creation. Just one of the gems in our archive. Please join in supporting.

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