
To all fans of Mamuwalde, the African prince "sired and imprisoned in a sealed coffin by Count Dracula" and portrayed with such gusto by William H. Marshall in the deathless 1972 film Blacula, I wish you a Happy Halloween.
Michael Deibert is the author of Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti (Seven Stories Press), praised by the Miami Herald as "a powerfully documented exposé" and by the San Antonio Express-News as "a compelling mix of reportage, memoir and social criticism," and of the forthcoming Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair (Zed Books). He can be followed at twitter.com/michaelcdeibert. He lives in New Orleans.

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