The one thing that unites us…
If you take away natural disasters, random and ephemeral moments of global dejection, I can seldom think of something that brings all Haitians together. Sometimes you’ve used ...
CULTURE
Le carnaval haïtien à travers la lentille de Fotokanaval
En Haïti, le carnaval est une tradition sacrée. Explosion de créativité et d’originalité, cette fête colorée est une occasion de grandes réjouissances faisant vibrer, ...
DISCOVERING HAITI
Dreaming of a Downtown Love
And I wish you love! A lot of Love! A year ago, this is how my mentor, a senior architect, greeted me into the New Year as we met for a workshop on the redevelopment ...
ART & LITERATURE
Do you know how to “tire manchèt”?
At the heart of the Haitian revolution leading to the Independence in 1804, there was an instrument of rebellion: the machete. This tool used for working the land was transformed by the slaves into a weapon for freedom. ...
DISCOVERING HAITI
A beautiful chaos
Sitting behind the wheel, I can’t help myself from taking a look around me. The city that I thought I knew so well, suddenly seemed so unfamiliar, so…new. It’s is ...
(Re)discovering Haiti
It had been two years since my last visit to Haiti, my motherland, and the place I call home. I was anxious about my trip, excited, and nervous. I could not wait to see ...
DISCOVERING HAITI
Trop riches pour être pauvres…
. Je viens d’un petit pays perdu dans la mer des Caraïbes, sur une terre où la normalité est anomalie et le sensé irrationalité. ...