Patrick Jean-Baptiste
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall...
Summary
Whenever I hear 1804 Haitian fanatics—those who shout with fevered breath about the glories of the Haitian Revolution, about the unshakable will of Christophe,...
Haiti Fights Back: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne Péralte
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YfI1CB0kAzG9jJCCC4RHZ?si=PXwzGnj-QsWfuJDImupJAQ
This second reading is nothing less than a conscientious effort to weave together the manifold strands of Charlemagne Péralte’s remarkable and harrowing life—a fractured...
Haitian Sovereignty & Exported Identity
Under the presidency of Élie Lescot, on May 5, 1941, Haiti embarked on a bold endeavor, not of conquest, but of cultural export, proclaiming...
The Crust that Binds
How manifold are the tongues that proclaim the delights of the humble, golden crust? In Haiti, it is revered as Graten; in Cuba, Cocolón;...
From Ginen to Betasyon
The Haitian soul does not bend easily to the thin, brittle gospel of individualism. Its pulse beats elsewhere—deep in the communal embrace, where the...
The Common Wind
Reflections of the late Professor Scott upon the vast and far-reaching reverberations of the Haitian Revolution, whose shockwaves extended beyond the narrow bounds of...
Haiti’s Path Forward: Reflections on Public Works and Nation Building
During my morning run, I saw this utility marker—a symbol of the intricate machinery of public works. If every Haitian cultivated an equal fascination...
Reflections on the Blank Page
Can the Haitian spirit subsist on mere words alone? Cast your minds back to the austere dominion of WordPerfect 5.1—a technological age when the...
Diaspora Nonprofits and the Lindy Test: How to Separate the Real...
The Lindy Test for Haitian Nonprofits: How to Cut Through the Fog and Find the Truth
There is a certain immortality to the things that...
