Tag: Haitian
Paul Toussaint, Haitian chef: “What characterizes Montreal is the mixture of cultures”
L’Express: You were born and raised in Haiti. How did you “land” in Montreal? Paul Toussaint: I first lived in Ottawa. I had finished my studies in Haiti and my…
Az, the Haitian jazz singer, returns “For love” to Canada
Three years after the release of his first album sonjethe singer Asaphe Micaelle Jean-Louis, Az of her artist name, returns with By love. It’s a jazzy 13-track album that talks…
Rebecca Jean and her “Antidote” to reconnect with her Haitian roots
Rebecca Jean is an artist born in Quebec to Haitian parents. His new album, Antidotecomposed of 11 titles, in French and Creole, is a reconciliation between human beings and the…
Haitian Independence Debt: A Look Back at the New York Times Investigation
The journalists of New York Times spent thirteen months consulting archival documents, account books and diplomatic correspondence about what is known in Haiti as the “independence debt”. The story is…
Haitian ‘400 Stupid’ gang kidnapped Turkish citizens for ransom! The embassy in Dominica takes action
Gunmen stopped a tourist bus near the capital Port-au-Prince in Haiti and kidnapped at least 17 people, including eight Turkish citizens, for ransom. Eight other people abducted by the gang…
At the bedside of the dead mother, with the Haitian poet Rodney Saint-Éloi
Poet, publisher, activist, the Haitian Rodney Saint-Éloi delivers with his novel When it’s sad Bertha sings a moving story of mourning and homage to his deceased mother. Standing in front…
authorities criticized for their treatment of Haitian migrants
More than 350 Haitian migrants, who arrived Sunday March 6 in Key Largo, Florida on a makeshift boat, were detained. In Miami, organizations defending Haitian migrants demand their immediate release…
the war in Ukraine affects Haitian students
” The war in Ukraine also affects Haitians “, title Ayibopost. ” An unknown number of Haitian students are in Ukraine “, can we read there. According to a tweet…
Rodney Saint-Éloi, an infinite love for Bertha, his Haitian mother
Born in Haiti, Rodney Saint-Éloi lives in Montreal. Poet, novelist, essayist, he is the founder of the publishing house Mémoire d’encrier. Winner of the Charles Biddle Prize, which highlights the…
the Haitian Prime Minister denounces an assassination attempt against his person
Haiti celebrated its national holiday this Saturday, the anniversary of the proclamation of its independence from France in 1804. But the official commemorations came to an end in the city…