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Tom Phillips and Etienne Côté-Paluck in Port-au-Prince

Battered statue bears witness to Haiti’s tragedy, resilience and flickering hope

The Nèg Mawon statue on the Champ de Mars square in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The Nèg Mawon statue on the Champ de Mars square in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photograph: Odelyn Joseph/The Guardian

The Unknown Maroon faces west towards a wasteland of bullet-pocked buildings and desolate, litter-strewn streets.

To the statue’s left, armored cash transit vans race down Barracks Street towards Port-au-Prince’s waterfront as the sound of gunfire rings out.

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