Forthcoming work on Aimé Césaire, Haiti, and Caribbean Modernity

  I thought I would let you know about an exciting project I’m working on . It’s a book on one of the most  influential Francophone poets and intellectuals in the twentieth century. Aimé Fernand David Césaire  , simply known as Aimé Césaire, was born in the island of Martinique on June 26, 1913 and passed away six years [...]

Petition on Haiti

From: info@ncbsonline.org This petition is addressed to the French Republic and the international community by Haitians around the world on behalf of the Haitian people. So far, friends of Haiti, professors, intellectuals, human rights advocates, as well as numerous individual who are concerned about global justice, have all signed this petition (over 1000 signatures so [...]

Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution

Joseph Ademola Adeyemo – The Last Days of Toussaint L’Ouverture – Scene

Studies on the Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution occurred between 1791-1804, lead by Haiti’s foremost general, Toussaint Louverture. On January 1, 1804, Haiti’s chief general, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the independence of Haiti, thus indicating the genesis of the first black independent state in the history of Western Hemisphere by virtue of its only successful slave revolution. The Haitian Revolution of [...]

Colin Dayan says the best aid for the earthquake-ravaged nation is to empower its people

Source: Vanderbilt View: http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltview/articles/2010/02/01/real-help-for-haiti.105840 Colin Dayan says the best aid for the earthquake-ravaged nation is to empower its people by Jim Patterson An earthquake kills more than 150,000 people in Haiti. President Obama promises to help and the military mobilizes. There’s a televised concert to raise money, and people can text $10 donations though their [...]

Haiti: the Land of bitter tears!

Haiti: the Land of bitter tears! By Celucien L. Joseph (January 14, 2010)   Oh the most merciful and gracious God, why Haiti again? Have we not had enough? Is this what you call love? This justice is bitter We who are left, how shall we look up?   God of our bitter tears, Where’s grace [...]