Pradel Henriquez, the Minister of Culture learned with pain the sad departure for the eternal Orient, of Jacques Maurice Fortère the master of thinking of "Rasin Kanga de Wawa", Sunday April 12 at the Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn (USA) , at the age of 82 years.

"Passionate about voodoo and the root movement, he had chosen to stay in Haitian music for many years by adopting the root trend. He made his debut in the 1950s. After a brief stint in the direct compass, with Jeunesse Sentimentale, Orchestre, La Gaieté de Nemours Jean-Baptiste and Wébert Sicot. His career became enriching by letting himself be attracted by the root trend. He founded in 1957, the Rasin Kanga de Wawa group.

His departure is a huge loss for the country and for the root music, which knew this great tenor, father of 14 children with several mothers, including ten boys and four girls."

The Ministry Henriquez presents its sincere sympathies to the family of the deceased, his relatives and his unconditional fans afflicted by this sad departure."

IH/ iciHaiti