Literati Eritye Bwa Kayiman, March 2017 Song Of the Month:
Chante Rara: M ap rantre ak tout kòt divizyon mwen
Eulogy for President Preval
Istwa Tanbou Ayisyen
The Origins of Rada and Petwo Drums
Verite Sou Tanbou: Simen Lajwa Depi Lan Vant
Drums Speak with Clarity Even Within the Womb
Re: Unites States v. Guy Philippe
Senator-elect Guy Philippe has been a controversial public figure in Haitian politics since his involvement in the movement.... Read More
Senatè- eli, Gi Filip, se yon moun ki gen ni fanatik ni opozan politik depi lè li te patisipe lan jete...Li Plis
Filip Jira ekri yon liv sou Tousen Louvèti ki parèt ak yon pil nouvo enfòmasyon istoryen fenk redekouvri....Read more
Kòm yon peyi modèn ak enfliyans entènasyonal, siyati Ayisyen sot lan plizyè diferan lang atravè planèt la. Rasin siyati Ayisyen pa tèlman fon....Read more
As a modern country with international influences, Haitian surnames are derived from languages scattered around the globe. Nonetheless, most Haitian last names were acquired after the Haitian Revolution....Read more
Go tell it on the mountain. Protect your land. Protect your Lakou. Rather than truly helping families like Ti Rose improve their lives, there are predatory elements in the Haitian government seeking to dislodge families in order to lease the land to multi-national companies....Read more
On February 7th, 2017, Jovenel Moise is expected to be sworn in as the 58th president of Haiti. He will preside over a country that fought against the ills of a plantation economy, and a nation that has repeatedly been battered by natural, as well as by domestic and foreign manmade disasters. The low voter turnout suggest an apathetic population distrusting of government willingness to improve the lives of anyone but its cronies. While campaigning, Jovenel Moise promised to put food on our plates and money in our pockets. We hope he´ll deliver on that promise while not dispossessing the people who have worked the land for centuries often despite government counter-efforts like the removal of rice tariffs negating national production. We hope that he immediately makes his assets known and divest himself from Agritrans S.A., an anonymous society seeking to acquire the most land it can while paying workers the least possible. The president cannot be an agent for this company when his duty is to guard the territory and secure for Haitian workers the most possible. Above all, we hope he works tirelessly to avoid even the appearance of corruption because corruption is the most corrosive force maintaining our poverty and making the presidency a potential jackpot, the envy of predators. We hope he embraces transparency in a verifiable manner for the stability necessary for meaningful social- economic progress....Read more
"Pèp Ayisyen kale je n. Tè a ap glise anba pye n."
"Haitian people beware. The soil is slipping from beneath our feet."
Setting up Haiti as a Banana Republik
In a country accustomed to rigged elections by office holders, Jovenel's sudden rise to most favored candidate in the first round...
Lan yon peyi kote koken lan eleksyon se bagay toulejou, lefèt Jovenèl gen tan gen popilarite ase pou KEP a...
Pwoblèm ak Agritrans pa chita lan èske gwo bitasyon vo pase jaden. Pwoblèm Agritrans se èske yon konpani leta finanse...
Problems with Agritrans
The issue with Agritrans is not large versus small farms. It is whether a company largely funded by the government can consider
Hurricane Relief for Pestel Kore Pestèl Apre Siklòn Matye Pestel 10 years agoMust-See-Haiti
500tyèm Anivèsè Bannann ann Ayiti (1516-2016)
Bannann sot lan Ginen li rantre Ayiti an 1516 pandan epòk komès moun kòm esklav la. Pandan pot ko gen bannann lan Amerik la, te deja gen bannann sou tout Laplas Ginen ann Afrik, depi lan peyi Kongo pase Alada Dahomen rive Senega, te deja gen bannann sou tout Lakòt Ginen e te gen plizyè diferan kalite...li plis
500th Anniversary of plantains in Haiti (1516-2016)
Plantains arrived in Haiti from the West Coast of Africa in 1516 at the time of the importation of people as slaves to the island. Up until that time there had not been plaintains in the Americas while plantain farming was already well established all over Ginen, from the Kongo, through Dahomen all the way to Senegal. Throughout the West Coast of Africa, people were ...read more
Kwak tout tan moun pale de ras, men ras se yon konsèp sosyal ki pa chita byen lan syans biyoloji. Kifè lè yon moun rasis se manke li manke konprann eleman fondamantal lan biyoloji. Konnen mwen konnen ras pa egziste, pa gate fyète m kòm Eritye Lafrik Ginen, yon konsepsyon ki mache ak yon orijin lan yon lokalite san sa pa gen anyen arevwa ak ras, yon envansyon sosyal...
Konprann Ras Egziste Ankouraje Dega Sosyal
Lè moun konprann ras egziste, yo di tenten tankou san moun nwa fò epi yon konprann toutbon lè yon Eritye Ginen fè pitit ak yon Eritye Ewòp, pitit la se nwa li ye. Souvan moun manke reyalize Ewopeyen o Zetazini te konsidere pitit Afriken ak Ewopeyen kòm moun nwa pou dekouraje Ewopeyen fè pitit ak Afriken...
Lan mitan semèn 225kyèm Anivèsè Bwa Kayiman, yon gwoup Pwotestan reyini devan palè nasyonal la pou selebre 200tyèm anivèsè prezans Pwotestan ann Ayiti. Yo pran woulib sou Pwotestan Anglikan ki te fè yon premye rantre ann Ayiti an 1816.... Origins of Haiti's Protestant Churches During the week of the 225th Anniversary of Bwa Kayiman, a group of Protestant churches gathered on the grounds of Haiti’s National Palace to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Protestant Church in Haiti. These churches took advantage of the first entrance of the Anglican Church in Haiti in 1816....
Premye legliz Pwotestan yo pat gen anyen arevwa ak ni Ayisyen, ni Afriken. Premye legliz Pwotestan yo fèt ann Ewòp... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ginen: Kijan kòt Lwès Afrik la vin pote non Ginen Souvan moun ann Ayiti rele zòn kote Ansyen fanmi nou yo te soti a, Ginen. Lè konsa nou konn di,"nou soti lwen, nou se Nèg Lafrik Ginen". Vrèman vre, pifò Ansyen fanmi Ayisyen, apeprè 90%,se moun ki soti sou Lakòt Ginen. Lan tan lontan, kòt Lwès Afrik la te rele Ginen...li plis
Ginen: How the West Coast of Africa came to be known as Ginen The people of Haiti commonly refer to their place of origin as Ginen (Guinea), often saying, “nou soti lwen, nou se Nèg Lafrik Ginen: We come from afar, we are from the Guinea region of Africa.” Indeed the vast majority of Haitian ancestors, over 90%, were imported to Haiti from the West Coast of Africa...read more
Ayiti Toma: Orijin Non Peyi A Yon pati lan non peyi a, se non Nativ Natal yo te bay teritwa a. Dezyèm pati a se non Afriken vin ajoute kòm bon non peyi a. Gen anpil mitoloji lan orijn non Ayiti. Kifè, annou remonte lan istwa ekri teritwa a pou n pi byen konprann orijin non an...
"If that is the way it goes
No longer calls us it's owner
It's slipping away"
"Si se konsa
Nanpwen Chè Mèt
Chè Metrès
Tè a pe glise"
The Problems with the La Gonave Decree
On January 7th2016, Martelly published in Le Moniteur, the government's official newspaper, the controversial decree to transform Haiti's largest island, La Gonave into a tax haven for individuals, investors, companies, banks, and institutions seeking high level financial services. The ambitious project which must first be approved by Haiti's Legislature, seeks to establish infrastructure for a financial district or center on 10,000 hectares (the size of Manhattan) on La Gonave, an offshore island with 100,000* inhabitants.... Read More
Pwoblèm Dekrè Lagonav La
Dekrè a soti pou l koupe yon bò lan Lagonav pou lonje l bay moun ki bezwen biwo pou yo manevre gwo lajan yo pa ka mete lan bank lakay yo, pou leta lan peyi yo pa pran taks sou li. Kwak Lachanm ak Sena a poko apwouve dekrè a, plan an se pou leta etabli enfrastrikti lan zòn kote leta pral bati biwo sa yo kòm yon sant finans. Sant sa a ap chita sou 10,000 kawo tè (lajè zile Manhattan, Nouyòk), lan Lagonav, yon zile ki gen apeprè 100,000* moun.... Li plis ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Following the US invasion of Haiti in 1915, Charlemagne Peralte became the iconic image of the opposition to the American occupation. He earned this status from his unwavering courage and vision. He stood up to the far better armed Americans Marines and wrote to various powerful nations denouncing the human right abuses of the Americans. He envisioned a Haiti free of foreign domination and independent to pursue her own course...Read more
Depi apre Etazini fin anvayi Ayiti an 1915, imaj Chalmay Peralt tounen pòtre rezistans kont okipasyon Ameriken. Se pa zam Chalmay Peralt te gen konsa, se kouraj, ak fyèl, ak vizyon, se sa li pat manke. Misye te gen kran pou l te kanpe anfas fòs naval Ameriken an ki te pi byen ame pase l, pou l denonse abi dwa moun Ameriken t ap fè lan peyi a. Chalmay Peralt te wè devan l, yon Ayiti lib pou pousuiv pwòp chemen pa l...Li plis
Corporate interests and the American Occupation of Haiti 1915-1934
The United States occupied Haiti from 1915 until 1934 and justified this occupation by arguing that it had the moral obligation to stabilize the country. Today, the US Department of State office of the Historian puts it this way: “...President Wilson sent the Marines to Haiti to prevent anarchy. In actuality, the act protected U.S. assets in the area...” Read more
Enterè Konpani Ameriken lan Okipasyon Ameriken ann Ayiti 1915-1934
Ameriken te okipe Ayiti de 1915 a 1934. Pou jistifye okipasyon an, yo te fè pwopagann di Ameriken te gen obligasyon moral pou yo drese peyi a. Jodi a, Biwo Istwa Depatman d Eta Ameriken met pawòl la klè: “...Prezidan Wilsonn voye Fòs Naval Ameriken an Ayiti pou anpeche dezòd. An reyalite, se te pou defann enterè Ameriken lan zòn nan...” Li plis
Fight The Outbreak - IJDH.ORG from New Media Advocacy Project on Vimeo.
Holding the UN Accountable: The United Nations accidentally introduced cholera into Haiti in October 2010. Since then, more than 9,000 people have died from the disease. The UN owes Haiti reparations. It has yet to fulfill this responsibitity. Members of the Haitian Diaspora as well as members of the United States Congress have signed letters urging the UN to aknowledge its responsibility. Letter from members of the Haitian Diaspora: http://www.ijdh.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Letter-from-Haitian-Diaspora-Cholera-8-July-2015-final.pdf
Letter from members of US Congress http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/World_News_3/article_9974.shtml
In August 2016, the UN acknowledged responsibility for the cholera outbreak. http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/18/health/haiti-un-cholera/index.html
Origin of the Cholera Epidemic The news out of Haiti is grim. A cholera epidemic is sweeping through the country....
Cholera in Haiti (Rehydration Fluid Recipe) An estimated 2,000 people in the Artibonite region have been struck by a killer diarrhea epidemic caused by Cholera Vibrio. Like the other islands in the Caribbean, during the past 100 years, Haiti has been sheltered from this disease....
Update: How Cholera Arrived in Haiti Cholera is an infectious non-bloody watery diarrhea that originated in South East Asia....
Letter to the CDC Piarroux et al provide additional new evidence for the UN camp in Meille, Haiti as the source of that country’s cholera epidemic1....
The History of Formal Education The Haitian people have thirsted for formal education “depi lan Ginen....” Free Education Monday, October 3rd, 2011 was the first day of school in Haiti and the official launch of a plan to give all of Haiti's children access to a free education (up to the 6th grade by 2015 and up to the 9th grade by 2020)....
Family Planning May 9th 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill, an event that Haiti helped to launch...
Creole’s Clarity: A Tribute to Effective Speech
Kreyòl Pale, Kreyòl Konprann: Ala bon sa bon lè pawòl klè kou dlo kòk
The Measure of our Wealth: Haiti is often applauded for having been the richest colony in the Americas. Today, the country is frequently derided as the poorest nation in the hemisphere. Haiti as the region's poorest nation is based on the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) even though GDP is not a measure of wealth....
Haitian Stock Many of the most successful companies operating in Haiti are not publicly traded. Public companies currently investing in Haitian Gold include: Newmont Mining Corp (NEM), Eurasian Minerals (EMX.V), and Majescor Resources (MJX.V)]
A Haitian Mother's Plea: Don't Bring Back the Army
Authorities of Haiti, I beg you, please don’t bring back the army. Not while so many children are dying from hunger, cholera, and neglect....
Rèl Yon Manman Ayisyen: Pa Tounen ak Lame a
Otorite peyi d Ayiti, tanpri pa tounen ak lame a. Tanpri, pa fè sa pandan pitit nou ap mouri grangou, pandan kolera ap ravaje n, pandan mizè ap devore n...
Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to Haiti on April 13, 2010
If Haiti is to ever recover, its Diaspora must be a dependable partner.
Bondye Manmman Mwen
In Haiti, it is not uncommon to hear people call out to God as one would call out to one's mother...
Open Letter to Beyonce....
Dear Bey, we believe that you have the ability to make a difference in our world....
Green Haiti Today, only 1% of Haiti's original tree cover remains. The need for environmental education and action to reforest the country is of the highest priority.
Solving Haiti's Big Problems: An Evening with Geologist Jocelyn David
Speaking in his native tongue Creole, Mr. David took us on a 65 million year journey to clearly understand the origin of Haiti because one has to know where the country has been to know how to move it forward in a sustainable manner.,,, Pwoblèm Peyi a Gen Remèd: Yon Sware ak Jeyolojis Joslen David
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