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(Read Part I here) In addition, Dunham’s students, such as Lavinia Williams, later exerted a tremendous influence on Haitian dance by teaching formal technique in Haiti. Williams, invited by Estimé’s successor, Paul Magloire, was trained in classical technique and used her…
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Negritude in Motion: Katherine Dunham’s Legacy in Haitian Dance (part I)
African American dancer, anthropologist, and choreographer Katherine Dunham enjoyed a lengthy relationship with Haiti. Beginning with her travels as a student at the University of Chicago in the 1930s, Dunham retained her connections to the island for the rest of…
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Frankétienne
Hommage à Frankétienne : Un géant de la littérature haïtienne s’éteint Comme beaucoup, nous avons appris hier la disparation poète, écrivain et figure emblématique de la littérature haïtienne Frankétienne. Né le 12 avril 1936 dans le Nord d’Haïti, sa plume,…
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Rosalvo Bobo, nationalism and the US Marine Occupation of Haiti
Well before the US Occupation of Haïti, Rosalvo Bobo was hailed as leader and proud nationalist among elite and international circles, while garnering the ire and even threats to his life from American operatives in Haïti. He was a deft politician…
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231 Years Ago, the French Convention Abolished Slavery
On February 4, 1794, the French National Convention made a radical decision: it abolished slavery in all its colonies. Enslaved people, who had been legally classified as biens meubles (property under French law), were now recognized as French citizens. The…
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Inca past and symbolism in 18th century Saint-Domingue (part II)
(See part I, here) In order to better understand how this process worked in the Haitian context, a closer examination of how free people of color and black Creoles related to indigeneity is necessary. According to Haitian historian Beauvais Lespinasse,…
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Inca past and symbolism in 18th century Saint-Domingue (part I)
One of the most peculiar developments near the end of the Haitian Revolution was the adoption of the name Inca and children of the Sun by Jean-Jacques Dessalines. According to historian Thomas Madiou, Dessalines began using the name by the…
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Meet the Admin: David!
IntroductionIn 2013, I (Virginie) launched the Haitian History Blog on Tumblr with the intention of creating a platform for lively, yet scholarly-based discussions about Haiti. The goal was never to transform it into a rigid academic endeavor, nor to cover…
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Jean Price-Mars et la Révolution haïtienne : Entre héroïsme collectif et complexité historique
Analyse d’un extrait de vidéo de Jean Price-Mars Jean-Price Mars (1876-1969) demeure l’un des penseurs les plus célébrés du XXe siècle haïtien, tant dans l’historiographie haïtienne que dans la mémoire populaire. L’homme aux multiples talents, qui fit une carrière diplomatique…
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Gérard de Catalogne et l’édition canadienne-française : un Haïtien au centre d’une crise, 1941-1948
Gérard de Catalogne (1905-1974), journaliste franco-haïtien et propagateur d’idées fascistes, établit dans les années 1940 un réseau transatlantique singulier, faisant du Québec un trait d’union inattendu dans la circulation d’idéologies d’extrême droite entre Haïti, la France et la province canadienne. Mais…
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