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Esclavage Haiti: Le CRAN réclame 21 milliards de dollars à la Caisse des Dépots et Consignations »

Rapadoo Observateur wrote 4 days ago: Selon Le Monde, « les faits remontent à 1825, soit vingt et un ans après l’abolition de l’esclavage … more →

Tags: Francais, Haiti, cran, France, Paris, Slavery

"Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.."

beautenaturale wrote 1 week ago: The month of May unlike any other month is a wake up call for those that have been fast asleep throu … more →

Tags: Haiti, Caribbean, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haitian revolution, History, Slavery

Haiti/France: Le château de Joux, la mémoire de Toussaint Louverture. | CANAL+HAITI

Rapadoo Observateur wrote 1 week ago: L’ancien esclave né dans une plantation de Saint-Domingue en Haïti, meneur de la première révolte co … more →

Tags: Haiti, Francais, Culture, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Haitian revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte

Toussaint Louverture, le libérateur d'Haïti - videos.arte.tv

Rapadoo Observateur wrote 1 month ago: Né esclave, Toussaint Louverture est affranchi par son maître. Devenu libre, il devient propriétaire … more →

Tags: Haiti, Francais, Culture, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haiti News, History, Haitian revolution, C L R James

Lanne Pase Toujou Pi Bon (SVP).2 comments

Aubs Tea wrote 1 month ago: Past years are always better. I just wanted to get this out here before we got started. For everyone … more →

Tags: the spiritual turnpike, Voodoo, LWA, Voodoo, Religion, vodou, proverbs as titles, loa, non-initiated

Haiti Marks 210 Years Since Death of Toussaint Louverture

Rapadoo Observateur wrote 1 month ago: “In overthrowing me, you have cut down in Saint-Domingue only the trunk of the tree of liberty,” Lou … more →

Tags: Haiti, Top Stories, English, Culture, Caribbean, Toussaint L'Ouverture, History, Haitian revolution, C L R James

Chavez/Caraibes: La mort de M. Chavez angoisse l’Amérique centrale et les Caraïbes. | CANAL+HAITI

Rapadoo Observateur wrote 2 months ago: Haïti Homme de droite, chantre du business, le président haïtien Michel Martelly s’est vite laissé s … more →

Tags: Haiti, Top Stories, Francais, Foreign Policy, cap-haitien, Michel Martelly, Venezuela, Chavez, Petrocaribe

Arna Bontemps, "Black Thunder" Slave Revolt in a Global Context

tashqueedagg wrote 3 months ago: Arna Bontemps’s Black Thunder is a celebration of revolution presented through a historical no … more →

Tags: Class Conflict, Library of America, Race, radicalism, revolution, Violence, Alien and Sedition Acts, Arna Bontemps, black thunder

When Haiti led the world...2 comments

islandscribbler wrote 3 months ago: Haiti – the world’s oldest black republic and second independent nation in the Western H … more →

Tags: Things Caribbean, Things Haitian, ayiti, bohio, Quisqueya, La isla Hispaniola, vodou, taino, Gens de Coleur

Today in Black History (January 22):

R. Terry wrote 3 months ago: On this date in 1801, Haitian liberator, Toussaint L’Ouverture, entered Santiago to battle the … more →

Tags: History, Black History, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haiti, Haitian revolution

Haiti: Bataille de Vertieres - Rapadoo Observateur!

Rapadoo Observateur wrote 6 months ago: The Endless Battle for Sovereignty “As the French sailed from the island, they saw the tops of the m … more →

Tags: Cover, Culture, Francais, Haiti, Top Stories, Jean Jacques Dessalines, napoleon, Pierre Nord Alexis, Toussaint L'Ouverture

'In the Red and Brown Water' Playwright Will Next Tackle Shakespeare

fountaintheatre wrote 6 months ago: Tarell Alvin McCraney In the Red and Brown Water playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney will direct and ad … more →

Tags: theatre, Plays, Playwright, Actors, Director, new plays, Arts, Performing Arts, theater

New Book: The Black Count—Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo2 comments

ivetteromero wrote 8 months ago: Drew Toal reviews Tom Reiss’ The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count … more →

Tags: New Books, History, Alexandre Dumas, tom reiss, The Black Count, Count of Monte Cristo, Drew Toal, pearl of the West Indies, black general

I Write What I Want: My New Publication on the Hatian Revolution

celucienljoseph wrote 8 months ago: I am pleased to inform you about my newest scholarly contribution to the Haitian Revolution: “’The H … more →

Tags: Colonialism, Haiti, Haitian Intellectual History, Haitian Literature, Liberty, Modern European Intellectual HIstory, Modernity, Political Theory, Postcolonial Literature

Le Chevalier de Saint-George: the Black Mozart4 comments

michelinewalker wrote 8 months ago: La Gavotte                                                   Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Geor … more →

Tags: Music 2, France, French Revolution, Guadeloupe, Joseph, marie-antoinette, Paris Symphonies, Seven Years War

Almanac - August 22

Alchemy & Accident wrote 8 months ago: 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the Wars of the Roses, the death … more →

Tags: almanac, John Lee Hooker, John Aubrey, Bosworth Field., Richard III, Henry Tudor, Warminster, Jacob Barsimson, New Amsterdam

"I have avenged America!" - Haiti and Revolution5 comments

The Disgruntled Haradrim wrote 8 months ago: The transformation of slaves, trembling in the hundreds before a single white man, into a people abl … more →

Tags: Intellektshul, Race, Steampunk, speculative fiction, Slavery, Haiti, Haitian revolution, touissant, Dessalines

Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30

ilovehistoryandresearch wrote 9 months ago: “Ideas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, … more →

Tags: Africa, USA, History, Government 2, Racism, Trivia, migration, Research, Education 2

Book Review: Island Beneath The Sea by Isabel Allende2 comments

Julie Christine wrote 10 months ago: Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende My rating: 3 1/2 of 5 stars Isabel Allende is a passionate, … more →

Tags: writing, Book Reviews, Fiction, Prose and Poetry, Isabel Allende, Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel, Caribbean, Haiti, Slave trade


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