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Late 1960s

Late 1960s: Pictures of President Duvalier carrying the words “Ecce homo”—traditionally applied to Christ—became familiar sights for visitors to the capital.

Late 1960s: Pictures of President Duvalier carrying the words “Ecce homo”—traditionally applied to Christ—became familiar sights for visitors to the capital. This iconography was part of a broader effort to project the leader as a semi-divine figure who embodied the nation.

Source  ·  p. 233 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 233