The Master of the Dew of Jacques Roumain, Culture and Technology.

In the last fifteen years, I have read books, watch movies, listen to podcasts that tell stories in different ways that connect cultures and bring people together. However, my favorite story remains the Haitian classic from 1944 by one of the most complex Haitian Authors, Jacques Roumain, named “The Master of the Dew.” The book has been translated into 20 languages, including Swedish, Japanese, Polish, Danish, Czech, Russian, Portuguese, and more. The novel has been adapted into movies, thus a Cuban’s classic “Cumbite.” In the book, Mr. Roumain told the story of a young man (Manuel) who came home (Haiti) from Cuba after 15 years of absence.

During these years of absence, Manuel’s family villa was greatly affected by poverty caused by a lack of water in the area. However, the lack of water did not happen by accident. The family used to work together in Coumbite (a collective agricultural work) to grow food and facilitate water irrigation. However, there was a heated discussion between family members in the last fifteen because of land heritage and they end up divided and no longer work together. When Manuel came, he wanted to use his knowledge and everything that he learned during his experience in the sugar cane plantations in Cuba, which allowed him to observe modern agriculture. He understood what needed to be done to bring water…