There was once a slave who was treated cruelly by his master. One day, he couldn’t take it anymore and ran away to the forest to escape. There he chanced upon a lion...
On Sunday, April 12th, in the small Haitian village of Ravine-Sèche, Franck Étienne was born. It was the year 1936, just two years after the withdrawal of the United States’ occupation forces, and a...
On the northern edge of Haiti, near the historic town of Milot, lies the commune of Cap-Haïtien. Often referred to as Okap (Au Cap), this port city, home to 190,000 residents, is the island...
Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the first emperor of a free Haiti, was assassinated on October 17th, 1806. Every year since, on that very same day, the people of Haiti gather to celebrate the life and...
The warm winds of summer are on their way out as September brings in those chilly autumn breezes. For myself and many others, the crisp air calls to mind those end of summer gatherings...
In the wake of the devastation caused by the 2010 earthquake, there have been numerous on-going efforts to restore the historically significant buildings dotted across Haiti’s island landscape. We’ve talked about Haiti’s unique...
As the sweltering summer month of August begins, Haiti’s rainy season makes its return for the second time this year. While we humans might seek shelter from the deluge, this warm summer rain...
Hector Hyppolite was born in Saint Marc in 1894 and was a third generation vodou priest. This houngan background would heavily influence his art and future fame, as “ethereal” and “otherworldly” are qualities we often attribute to surrealism....