Pa Manyen Fanm Nan
by Sweet Micky · 1994 · kompa, kanaval · 4:30 · Haitian Creole, French
“Pa Manyen Fanm Nan” gives a flat order: do not touch that woman. The Ayititwoubadou version presents this 1994 track in a barer form than the large carnival arrangements, across four minutes and thirty seconds. Sweet Micky is the musical persona of Michel Martelly — singer, keyboardist, showman, and later president of Haiti. In kompa and kanaval a line this direct works because a crowd can answer it immediately; that is how a simple phrase stays in public memory.