Auguste de Pradines past an early age. Their daughter, Emerante de Pradines Morse, also became a prominent Haitian musician, as did her son, Richard Auguste Morse, and another grandson, Michel Martelly, who also served as president of Haiti (2011-2016). Beginning in the 1890s, Kandjo was a prolific composer of up to four songs per week. Nearly all of Kandjo's songs were written in Haitian Kreyòl (Creole). Over nearly five decades, he composed love songs, as well as satirical songs and songs of political and social commentary. He would travel throughout Haiti to perform. In Port-au-Prince as well as throughout Haitian provinces, Kandjo "was
Michel Martelly the allegations. Companies owned or controlled by Félix Bautista had received no-bid contracts worth $200 million, awarded by former Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. In November 2013, anti-government protests were held in the country over the high cost of living and corruption. Mid-term Senate elections had been originally due in May 2012, while the municipal poll is three years behind schedule after François Hollande winning the presidential election in France. They were postponed again on 26 October 2014—the day they were due to be held—because of an ongoing stalemate between the government and a group of opposition senators over an