Sony Esteus and Community Radio in Haiti The following article was published by Beverly Bell and can be found on…
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 5:30pm The Institute of the Americas, University College of London, is pleased to invite members…
Péralte, Charlemagne. Guerrilla leader – Born in 1886 in Hinche, Péralte was an officer in the Haitian Army. He resigned…
Inventor – Michel Molaire has played an integral role in groundbreaking innovations at Eastman Kodak for more than 20 years.…
Edmond, Tyrone. International male model – Born in Cap-Haïtien in 1977. His mother died when he was nine years old,…
Artist – The father-figure of Haitian art, and one of the greatest natural painters of modern times. Born in 1894…
Musician and singer – Born in 1970 in Croix-des-Bouquets, but grew up in Port-au-Prince until the age of nine when…
Actress, dancer, singer and writer – Martha Jean-Claude was born in Port-au-Prince, in 1919, and started singing at a very…
Singer – Born in Gonaïves, Michel is a captivating performer, versatile vocalist, accomplished dancer, songwriter and producer. She has recorded…
Poet, playwright – Born in Grand-Gossier in 1912 into a family of well-to-do mulattoes, he learnt both French and later…
Peck, Raoul. Film maker – Grew up in Zaire where his parents had emigrated to escape the Duvalier dictatorship when…
Duvalier, François ‘papa doc’. Doctor, politician, dictator – Born in 1907 in Port-au-Prince, Duvalier was a medical doctor who became…
Journalist Jean Léopold Dominique was killed yards away from his station, Radio Haïti on April 3, 2000. No-one has ever…
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques. General, father of Haitian independence – Born at Habitation Cormier, Grande Rivière du Nord in 1758. The history…
Politician – One of Haiti’s best known political scientists, Gérard Pierre-Charles was born in Jacmel in 1935. For many of…
Rimpel, Yvonne Hakim. Feminist, journalist – Born in Port-au-Prince in 1906, Rimpel was a founder of the first Haitian feminist…
Writer, political activist – Born in 1907, he was educated in Belgium and Switzerland but returned home in 1927 to…
Sanon, Manno, footballer. Born into a poor Port-au-Prince family in 1951, Sanon made his name as a striker with the…
Sixto, Maurice. Humourist and raconteur – Born in Gonaives on 23 May 1919, Sixto attended the prestigious Saint-Louis de Gonzague…
Louverture, Toussaint. Leader of the Haitian Revolution – Born in 1743, the eldest of eight children born to slaves on…
Danticat, Edwidge. Author – Born in Port-au-Prince in 1969, Danticat was raised by an aunt when her parents emigrated to…
Coupé Cloué was the alias of Jean Gesner Henry, a guitarist, singer and band leader born in Léogâne in 1925.…
Chauvet, Marie. Novelist – The best known and most prolific of Haiti’s female novelists, Marie Chauvet was born in Port-au-Prince…
Singer, songwriter – Born in 1948, Charlemagne grew up in the sprawling new suburb of Carrefour, to the south of…
Viaud, Loune. Health worker – Born in the coastal town of Port-Salut in the south of Haiti, Loune Viaud is…
Werleigh, Claudette Politician, development and peace campaigner – Born in Cap-Haïtien in 1946, to a well-to-do family, Werleigh trained and…
Boucicault, Esther. HIV/AIDS activist – Born in Saint-Marc in 1960, Boucicault was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1995. Following the…
Beauvais, Garcelle, Model, actress Beauvais born November 26, 1966, in St. Marc, the youngest of seven children, Beauvais moved with…
Social worker, community activist – Bastien grew up in Pont Benoit, a village in central Haiti. Her father, Philippe, built…
Artist – Born in New York in 1960, the son of a Haitian father and a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat…
Auguste, Rose Anne. Nurse, social worker, and human rights activist – Born on November 29, 1963, in Jérémie, During the…
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, Priest, politician – Born in 1953 in Port Salut in the south west, but spent much of his…
Taino queen – Born in Yaguana (today the town of Léogâne), the flourishing capital of Xaragua, the most prosperous and…
Writer, poet, activist – A descendent of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Alexis was born on 22 April 1922, in Gonaïves. His father…
Agénor, Ronald Tennis player – The son of a former diplomat at the United Nations and Minister of Agriculture of…
Gérard Pierre-Charles By Colin Harding, The Independent, 23 October, 2004 Gérard Pierre-Charles was a leading figure in Haitian politics for…
André Pierre by Vario Sérant, Caribbean Net News, 6 October, 2005 André Pierre, a world-renowned Haitian painter died on October…
Magloire. Military ruler behind Haiti’s brief golden age By Greg Chamberlain The Guardian – 20 July, 2001 General Paul Magloire,…
The great revolutionary poet By Tontongi (Editor of Tanbou) – 10 March, 2007 The great revolutionary poet Paul Laraque died…
Martha Jean-Claude, known affectionately as Mamita, came to fame in Haiti during the 1940s, most notably during Port-au-Prince’s bicentennial festivities…
Alexandre Gregoire One of the greatest ‘naive’ painters By Charles Arthur – The Haiti Support Group – 7 August, 2001…
Antoine Adrien: Liberation theology activist and mentor of Jean-Bertrand Aristide Associated Press – May 14 2003 Antoine Adrien, a Catholic…
1 December 2001 Marleine Bastien, a Haitian activist and organiser from Miami, Florida, has received one of the "Women of…
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President. Michele Montas of Radio Haiti Inter March 3, 2001 Michele: We have the honor to welcome presently…
Press Conference. Statements of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the international press: Q: What kind of concrete steps do you expect to…
Claudette Werleigh was Foreign Minster of Haiti during the momentous years 1993-94 when UN troops intervened, bringing an end to…
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