Richard Auguste Morse

Musical Artist

1957 –

59

Who is Richard Auguste Morse?

Richard Auguste Morse is a Puerto Rican-born Haitian-American musician and hotel manager currently residing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Morse manages the Hotel Oloffson, and is the founder of a mizik rasin band, RAM, named after his initials. Morse is married to the band's lead female vocalist, Lunise Morse, and has two children. Morse and his band are famous in Haiti for their political songs and performances critical of the Raoul Cédras military junta from 1991 to 1994. In more recent years, Morse has also criticized Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Fanmi Lavalas through his music. Morse is a United States citizen. His cousin Michel Martelly is a musician, right-wing Haitian politician and current President of Haiti. Richard Morse repeatedly expressed support for Martelly in the 2010 presidential elections in Haiti.

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Born
1957
Puerto Rico
Also known as
  • Richard Andrew Morse
Education
  • Princeton University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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