Patrick Jean-Baptiste
Dominoes, Dictators, and Human History
Last night, the second installment of our monthly dominoes game was in full effect—just men, bonding, exhaling. The tiles slapped the table like punctuation...
Rejecting the Tin-Cup Cycle of ‘Helping’ Haiti
A dear friend—well-meaning yet so profoundly detached from Haiti’s enduring wounds—asked me recently if I might leverage my connections for her church’s missionary project....
The Road is Made by Walking It: Why No One Can...
People think wisdom can be bottled, labeled, and sold. They believe that a professor can give them knowledge, not just about a subject, but...
The Code Noir
The Code Noir was more than law—it was a script for suffering, a doctrine of domination dressed in the language of governance. Issued in...
Rituals and Resonance: Exploring the Tapestry of Haitian Vodou
Summary
Under the watchful gaze of our ancestors and to the beat of sacred drums, I journeyed here into the mystical realm of Haitian Vodou...
The Land Remembers: Tourism, Legacy, and the Haitian Future
Summary
Haiti, land of contradictions they say, where the past is not just remembered but lived. The soil still carries the footprints of revolution, the...
An Hour a Day: A Story of Books, Time, and Legacy
I have watched her ascend, this girl of mine, from the moment she could grasp the weight of a book in her tiny hands....
Banks Protect Their Wealth—Why Can’t Haiti?
Push, Don’t Pull: What Fidelity Taught Me About Banking, Corruption, and Haitian Sovereignty
Money moves, but not freely. It is watched, monitored, tagged, and caged...
Blood as Currency: Gender, Violence, and Power in When the Mapou...
When the Mapou Sings: Haiti’s History in Verse and Silence
The minute I opened When the Mapou Sings, I was grateful that I did not...
Stones by Stones. Words to Deeds
The Citadelle Henry and the palace of Sans-Souci still stand, two centuries later. Stone upon stone, carved from sweat and will, they endure. What...
