Haiti

‘Our Country (Haiti) Deserves Your Respect, Not Your Pity’ – By Paul Altidor

Two weeks ago we posted an article on Haiti after the cholera outbreak and its consequences: Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Multimillion-dollar UN fund blocked. In that post we referred to the article by Miami Herald Correspondant Jacqueline Charles: On eve of high-level U.N. Haiti visit,...

Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Multimillion-dollar UN fund blocked

As you may already know, the cholera outbreak was introduced to Haiti by Nepalese troops who were part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission. It had spread across the country from October 2010 to May 2017, and it was the first modern large scale outbreak of cholera. Last month, in this article...

Trump administration to end protected status for Haiti

Back in September, we published an article about the Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the legal status which protects refugees whose home countries have suffered natural disaster or war from deportation. The Trump administration suggested that it would be up to Congress to ultimately...

Exposition-vente et Salon du livre haïtien les 2 et 3 décembre 2017 à Paris

L’association Haïti Futur organise cette année encore une exposition-vente afin de promouvoir l’art et l’artisanat haïtien, en même temps que le Salon du livre haïtien le mois prochain. Fondée en 1994, Haïti Futur a pour objectif de développer une éducation de qualité...

Sunrise, Sunset – A short-story By Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-American novelist and short-story writer our Members know very well: in 2014 we mentioned the film adaptation of her short story ‘Caroline’s Wedding‘ and we had reading groups for several of her books, including ‘The Farming of Bones’ listed...

Save Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Haitians and other nationals

The Haiti Advocacy Working Group (HAWG) tweeted regarding the Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the legal status which protects refugees whose home countries have suffered natural disaster or war from deportation. The Trump Administration suggested that it would be up to Congress to...

Conférence de Dany Laferrière à La Sorbonne à Paris le 10 octobre 2016

Au mois de novembre l’année dernière, le CIEF (Centre international d’études francophones) avait invité à La Sorbonne à Paris Dany Laferrière, écrivain Haïtien et membre de l’Académie française, pour une conférence intitulée : ‘J’écris comme je...

Support Film Adaptation of Edwidge Danticat’s ‘Caroline’s Wedding’ by Easmanie Michel!

Award-winning Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat has lent the rights to her short story ‘Caroline’s Wedding‘ to be adapted into a feature-length film. Caroline’s Wedding is about the Haitian-American experience told through one family’s struggle to...

Amal Habbani, Haiti anti-government protest, Rape in India, SRF delegation in France

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Amal Habbani: press freedom fighter; Haiti anti-government protest turns violent; Why rape seems worse in India than everywhere else (but actually isn’t); Sudanese Rebels tell world to 'Wake Up' to war. - Amal Habbani:...

NSA spying France, Haiti arrests lawyer, Saudi Women, #SudanRevolts and #Strike4Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: French Condemn Surveillance by NSA.; Haiti arrests key anti-corruption lawyer; Saudi Women Go For A Spin In Latest Challenge To Driving Ban; Sudan’s NCP warns against opposition calls for UN inquiry into protest killings;...