Written by Chavannes Jean-Baptiste and Beverly Bell Monday, 08 March 2010 Chavannes Jean-Baptiste is the Executive Director of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP by its Creole acronym) and the spokesperson for the National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay (MPNKP). He gave this interview last month in MPP’s training center in the rambling, [...]
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To Serve the Gods is about the beliefs, rituals and performances of a week-long ceremony given by a Haitian family in honor of its ancestral spirits. We are told at the outset of the film that this sevis loua only occurs every twenty to thirty years. This particular service takes place in a rural community [...] Looking More and More Like a War Zone By Ansel Herz March 30, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 30, 2010 (IPS) – On an empty road in Cite Militaire, an industrial zone across from the slums of Cite Soleil, a group of women are gathered around a single white sack of U.S. rice. The rice was handed [...] Haiti’s Founding Document Found in London By DAMIEN CAVE Published: March 31, 2010 New York Times There is no prouder moment in Haiti’s history than Jan. 1, 1804, when a band of statesmen-warriors declared independence from France, casting off colonialism and slavery to become the world’s first black republic. They proclaimed their freedom boldly — [...] Earthquake in Haiti – Bayyinah Bello Interview – Part 1 – Tremblement de Terre From: africanbushdoctor | February 10, 2010 | An excerpt from an interview with Bayyinah Bello – Port au Prince, Haiti Interviewed by Nana Kimati Dinizulu in Port au Prince, Haiti February 2, 2010 One January 12th 2010, a catastrophic earthquake occurred [...] To put the history of Haiti in context, we turn to the 1992 documentary Haiti: Killing the Dream produced by Hart and Dana Perry of Crowing Rooster Productions and narrated by Ossie Davis. In this excerpt, the film looks at the nearly twenty-year occupation of Haiti by US Marines beginning in 1915. [includes rush transcript] [...] PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian police have arrested 10 U.S. citizens caught trying to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country in a suspected illicit adoption scheme, authorities said on Saturday. The five men and five women were in custody in the capital, Port-au-Prince after their arrests on Friday night. There are fears that traffickers [...] Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux by Cynthia McKinney President Obama’s response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical facilities and equipment; and engineers, heavy equipment, and heavy movers. Sadly, President Obama is dispatching [...] “Greetings Family: I am contacting you in hopes of starting a movement.” Nzingah Oniwosan was born in South Florida to Haitian parents. She is a dedicated pan-Afrikanist, gifted artist, as well as a talented painter, poet and activist.The past week has been immensely challenging for both her and her family as they have personally lost [...] Democracy Now January 19, 2010 Danny Glover is an acclaimed actor, director, producer and longtime friend of Haiti. His directorial debut, Toussaint, focused on the life of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, a former slave who became one of the fathers of Haiti’s independence from France in 1804. JUAN GONZALEZ: We’re joined here in New York by [...] |
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