Jacmel film student and artist Claudel "Zaka" Chery
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The Globe's complete coverage — in stories, video and photos — of Claudel 'Zaka' Chery's efforts to get on with his future
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With his best friend's gentle prodding and financial backing, Zaka had gotten into undergraduate studies at a Canadian university. Then came the earthquake, which killed his mentor and threatened to derail his future.
I feel I’ve lived some really bad times, but I found something good in those bad times — Claudel 'Zaka' Chery
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Video: Zaka's loss
In Pictures: Photo gallery by Deborah Baic
(Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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Zaka cuts off his dreadlocks to appease officials who told him he looked too much like a criminal. He makes his first trip outside Haiti to Jamaica to participate in an international residency program, but misses his island home. He works at plans to study abroad in the United States and Canada.
It’s like I’m going to carry Haiti next to me. — Claudel 'Zaka' Chery
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Story: Update on The Student
Claudel Zaka Chery at home in Jacmel, Haiti, April 8, 2010, just days before leaving for Jamaica. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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After a long and emotional sojourn to the Vermont home of his deceased best friend, Zaka Chery is back in Jacmel again.
Everybody wants to try to help me ... That changed me a little bit. — Claudel 'Zaka' Chery
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Zaka Chery, photographed Jan. 5, 2011, in Jacmel, Haiti.
