Voodooists honor victims of Haiti’s earthquake

By MIKE MELIA The Associated Press Published: Monday, March 29, 2010 at 8:18 a.m. Jorge Saenz / The Associated Press A woman kisses the feet of Voodoo leader Max Beauvoir during ceremony in honor of the victims of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, March 28, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing [...]

Open Letter to Valerie G: A Cry For Help

  March 31, 2010 Dear Valerie, It’s been a while. I haven’t seen you since since June 1974 in front of Hibbard Hall. Z. Chin, T. Cook, you and I were saying goodbye. I saw you in a recent alumni magazine and thought, I know that woman.. I’m living in Haiti. I’ve been here since [...]

Picture of the day

De quoi Haïti est le nom

De quoi Haïti est le nom, Benjamin Fernandez Source: Africultures       La tragédie que vit en ce moment le peuple haïtien après le séisme qui dévasta le Sud d’Haïti le 12 janvier aura aussi été marquée par le passage d’un nouveau palier dans l’échelle de l’instrumentalisation des images. Exciter l’émotion plutôt que de susciter la réflexion [...]

Cruise controversy in Haiti

Haiti, Religion, and Culture

  Elizabeth McAlister, Associate Professor in African American Studies and  American Studiesf at  Wesleyan University has recently written a number of articles and given several public  interviews on the subjects of Haitian culture, politics, and religion . These will hopefully help interested American public and the world at large  to be educated about the Haitian culture and experience. [...]

Love and Haiti

Conde Nast Traveler (September 2009) URL:  http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/501372 Love and Haiti By Amy Wilenz You can call Haiti the Cleopatra of countries—its ravishing natural assets, thrilling history, and magnetic culture have long made select visitors swoon. Its tortured past, however, has made it the Caribbean nation that tourism largely forgot. But this, reports Amy Wilentz, may [...]

Haitian Heritage Museum

Check out this website below: Haitian Heritage Museum

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE HAITIAN DIASPORA

2nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE HAITIAN DIASPORA TRUMP INTERNATIONAL BEACH RESORTS, MIAMI,FLORIDA THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th – SUNDAY, AUGUST 9th, 2009 Schedule THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 2009 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Exhibits/Vendor/Sponsor Check in – Bay Room 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Sponsor/Vendor/Sponsor Check in – Bay Room 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM Registration – [...]

UN report puts pressure on Canada to end Haitian slavery

34557: Durban (pub): UN report puts pressure on Canada to end Haitian slavery (fwd) Friday, June 12, 2009 7:28 AM From: “Bob Corbett” <corbetre@webster.edu> Add sender to Contacts To: “Bob Corbett’s Haiti list” <haiti@lists.webster.edu> Lance Durban <lpdurban@yahoo.com> posts this item found online… UN report puts pressure on Canada to end Haitian slavery By Steven Edwards, [...]

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