Article: VERTIÈRES - Napoleon the Enslaver, Surrenders to Hayti Freedom Fighters - Freedom, Equality, or Death
At the Battle of Vertières on November 18, 1803, French General Rochambeau of Napoleon s army surrendered to General Janjak Desalin, Hayti s founding father. This article contains the video recording of our 19th annual Vertières Teach-in to celebrate the Haytian victory,Hayti fight song that sustained the Hayti freedom warriors, along with French s Act of Surrender.
Article: UN Reports Will Not Tell You Its Role in US-led Corruption, Violence And Crimes Against Humanity in Haiti - The UN Report Will Not Tell You Its Role in US-led Corruption, Violence And Crimes Against Humanity in Haiti.
This Ezili Danto video tells The Haiti Story the Media Won t Tell You
Vodou has been condemned for much of its history. But some Haitian Americans are reclaiming the narrative through their own journeys with spirituality. A report by Nadege Green for The Atlantic. Though Alain Pierre-Louis grew up in a Haitian family that attended Catholic church services most Sundays, he always felt a spiritual pull toward something…
One man rests on a bended knee, his hands clasped at his chest in a gesture of gratitude. In the distance, a patchwork of green fields studded with fruit trees give way to silvery mountains and a blue sky. The luminescence of Constant’s materials infuses the scene with life. Spirits seem to move, the landscape breathes. Working its charm, the drapo induces a visceral sense of place: I feel as if I am inside of the image, even as I am standing in the gallery looking at it.
As we celebrate and commemorate this month of revolution and resistance, we call Black August, we of necessity pay rightful and special homage to the people of Haiti who mark on August 14th their 231st anniversary of the Bwa Kayiman Liberation Gathering of men and women to plan their world historical struggle which would result in a victorious revolution that has deep and enduring meaning for the quest, concept and practice of freedom throughout world.