Morisseau-Leroy, Félix
28th May 2010
Poet, playwright – Born in Grand-Gossier in 1912 into a family of well-to-do mulattoes, he learnt both French and later
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Kanaval Screening – Vodou, Politics and Revolution in Haiti
The Haiti Support Group
12th February 2014
Kanaval Screening – Vodou, Politics and Revolution Kanaval. Haitian history, and not only that of the revolution, is replayed through the
Peck, Raoul
28th May 2010
Peck, Raoul. Film maker – Grew up in Zaire where his parents had emigrated to escape the Duvalier dictatorship when
Neglected islanders resist plan for Haiti tourism revival
The Haiti Support Group
9th April 2014
Neglected islanders resist plan for Haiti tourism revival. April 6, 2014 By David Adams, edited by Prudence Crowther. Article courtesy of
Duvalier, François ‘papa doc’
28th May 2010
Duvalier, François ‘papa doc’. Doctor, politician, dictator – Born in 1907 in Port-au-Prince, Duvalier was a medical doctor who became
New Book, Old Paul Farmer: Discuss
The Haiti Support Group
7th October 2011
New Book, Old Paul Farmer: Discuss Anyone who can draw six hundred people paying $30.00 a head to a Washington
Dominique, Jean
28th May 2010
Journalist Jean Léopold Dominique was killed yards away from his station, Radio Haïti on April 3, 2000. No-one has ever
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques
28th May 2010
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques. General, father of Haitian independence – Born at Habitation Cormier, Grande Rivière du Nord in 1758. The history
Beauty That Plays Hard to Get (To)
The Haiti Support Group
17th February 2014
Beauty That Plays Hard to Get (To). By Dean NELSON, New York Times. Original article here. Photo Credit: David Rochkind for The New
Duvalier on Trial: Justice or Joke?
19th March 2013
Duvalier on Trial: Justice or Joke?. March 15, 2013 Beverly Bell, Other Worlds. Original article here March 15, 2013 Twenty-seven
Pierre-Charles, Gérard
28th May 2010
Politician – One of Haiti’s best known political scientists, Gérard Pierre-Charles was born in Jacmel in 1935. For many of
Rimpel, Yvonne Hakim
28th May 2010
Rimpel, Yvonne Hakim. Feminist, journalist – Born in Port-au-Prince in 1906, Rimpel was a founder of the first Haitian feminist
Ghetto Biennale: UCL Seminar
The Haiti Support Group
23rd October 2013
UCL Seminar: ‘Haiti’s Ghetto Biennale’ In December 2009, Atiz Rezistans, the Sculptors of Grand Rue, hosted their first Ghetto Biennale.
Roumain, Jacques
28th May 2010
Writer, political activist – Born in 1907, he was educated in Belgium and Switzerland but returned home in 1927 to
Sanon, Manno
28th May 2010
Sanon, Manno, footballer. Born into a poor Port-au-Prince family in 1951, Sanon made his name as a striker with the
The Black Jacobins Revisited: Rewriting History Conference 2013
The Haiti Support Group
22nd October 2013
The Black Jacobins Revisited: Rewriting History Conference, Liverpool To mark seventy-five years of C.L.R. James’s pioneering anticolonial classic The Black
Duvalier Must Face Justice
6th March 2013
Duvalier Must Face Justice. March 4, 2013 Bill O’Neill, Miami Herald. Original article here After 27 years and 21 days,
Sixto, Maurice A.
28th May 2010
Sixto, Maurice. Humourist and raconteur – Born in Gonaives on 23 May 1919, Sixto attended the prestigious Saint-Louis de Gonzague