Paper Proposal Accepted

I just received word that my paper proposal for the upcoming annual conference of the Caribbean Philosophical Association has been accepted. The conference will take place on August 12-15, 2009 at the beautiful campus of the University of Miami . Yes , I’m going to Miami:) Paper Abstract The Haitian Revolution: The Poetics of Memory [...]

Haitian History: What U.S. textbooks don’t tell

This is an excellent piece that outlines some essential historical omissions about Haiti in U.S. Texstbooks:

Who do you say you are?

Who do you say you are? By Jean H Charles This famous sentence uttered by Jesus the Christ “who do they say I am? “is at the heart of the Christian doctrine. The connection with God is a personal faith- driven discovery and manifestation that lead to love one’s God and to love thy neighbor [...]

Haitian History

Quote du Jour

En me renversant,on n’a abattu à Saint-Domingue que le tronc de l’arbre de la liberté des nègres ; il repoussera par les racines, parce qu’elles sont profondes et nombreuses.–Toussaint Louverture

Port-au-prince in the 40′s and 50′s

Haiti in 1942

Watch it here and here

Arab Haitians become more vocal, visible

Arab Haitians become more vocal, visible Haitians of Arab descent are a small group in South Florida, but they are fast emerging as more vocal, more visible and even more political. BY JACQUELINE CHARLES, Miami Herald jcharles@herald.com He grew up eating traditional dishes such as kibbe and tabbouleh. He listened to the lilt of the [...]

Key Dates in Haiti’s History

1492 Christopher Columbus lands and claims the island of Hispaniola for Spain. The Spanish build the New World’s first settlement at La Navidad on Haiti’s north coast. 1697 Spanish control over the colony ends with the Treaty of Ryswick, which divided the island into French-controlled St. Domingue and Spanish Santo Domingo. For over 100 years [...]

Haitian History: What U.S. textbooks don’t tell

Haitian History: What U.S. textbooks don’t tellBy Greg Dunkel, Haiti Progres, This Week in Haiti, Vol.21 no.27, 17–23 September 2003Publisher’s note: This document combines the two parts of the original publication. The second part appeared in Haiti Progres, Vol.21 no.26, 24 September 2003. Looking at how Haiti’s history is presented in high-school textbooks in the [...]