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 who couldn’t walk because of the thorn in its paw. Although...
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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 period of growing national stability for the island nation. By the...
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 nation’s primary center of historic monuments. In this article, we’ll take...
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 accomplishments of one of the most instrumental leaders of the Haitian...
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 with friends or family, huddled around a campfire for warmth, telling...
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 vernacular architecture once before, specifically about the turn-of-the-century “Gingerbread Houses” of...
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 will often bring another of the island’s native populations out of...
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. Surrealism as an artistic movement came about after World War I,...
Happy 4th of July, America! Today, in 1776, America signed its Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. July 4th, also known as “Independence Day”, “Fourth of July” or sometimes just “The Fourth”, is a holiday most Americans know quite a bit about. What...
