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**Alt Text:** Book cover of *Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution* by Marlene L. Daut. The image features a stylized illustration of a Black revolutionary soldier engulfed in smoke and flames, wielding a large saber, and facing a large formation of troops in the distance. The background includes faint outlines of colonial buildings and vegetation. The title is in bold black and red serif fonts, with the author’s name at the bottom in black.
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Awakening the Ashes

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Episode Outline Intro- ToC - Her Most Haitian Book - On the Title - Restorative Justice for Haiti - Our Ancestors had the Receipts! -...
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Food, Ego, and Failure: The Harsh Truth About Haitian Restaurants in...

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The Minimum Viable Plate: How Vanity Kills Haitian Restaurants Before They Even Open There is a kind of romance to the idea of owning a...
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Shibboleths and Passports: The Marks of Empire

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My wife is in transit, crossing borders, navigating spaces that recognize her, and spaces that do not. She sends me a text from the...
A black-and-white illustration in a bold, graphic novel style depicts a large, obese shadowy figure standing on a platform, overlooking a dystopian city, representing Donald Trump
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Throw the Rock, Hide the Hand: Trump’s Great Deception

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I do not know Donald Trump. But I know the city that made him, the tabloids that birthed him, the bodega endcaps where his...
Black and white photograph of a large, diverse group of people gathered in front of a decorated home, standing on a porch with two large columns. The group includes men, women, and children of various ages, dressed in a mix of formal and casual attire. Some individuals are embracing or holding hands, while others stand side by side, smiling at the camera. A young child in the front playfully makes binocular shapes with their hands. The background features a festive entrance with wreaths on the doors, suggesting a holiday or celebratory gathering. The atmosphere conveys warmth, connection, and togetherness.
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Friendship in the Age of Self-Improvement

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I have learned to pay attention. I have learned that friendship—the kind that lasts, the kind that stretches over decades, the kind that takes root...
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Selling Liberation: When Toussaint Louverture Became a Beer Pitchman

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There is something uncanny about this image—Toussaint Louverture, stripped of the very thing that made him. He’s there, immortalized in a 1940s beer ad...
A vintage black-and-white newspaper-style cover featuring a textured, aged background. At the center, a hand-drawn illustration of an open suitcase overflows with symbolic items: Haitian coffee, Barbancourt rum, Maggi cubes, and a stack of books. Surrounding the suitcase are subtle sketched elements representing the Haitian dyaspora: a Brooklyn street sign, an airport departure board, and a woman speaking into a static-filled telephone. In the background, faint outlines of Haiti’s map blend into silhouettes of people in motion, symbolizing migration and return. The composition evokes history, movement, and the resilience of identity.
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Reclaiming Haiti’s Futures: Returned Intellectuals, Placemaking, and Radical Imagination

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First off, I’m spending waaay too much time in the footnotes. Lots of delectable gratins from our history, scattered in the margins—like the term...
An intellectual desk setup featuring an open book titled *Teaching Haiti* by Dr. Cécile Accilien, with handwritten notes in the margins. Surrounding the book are aged parchment papers, a quill pen, and an oil lamp casting a warm glow. A vintage-style microphone sits nearby, symbolizing a podcast discussion. In the background, faint overlays of Haitian art and historical imagery blend into the scene, representing Haiti's rich cultural and intellectual heritage. The composition evokes a scholarly and reflective mood, emphasizing the depth of Haitian history and narratives.
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Teaching Haiti: Strategies for Creating New Narratives

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6EAYDkcVdaW2Sy8zyund0i Podcast Summary: Rewriting Haiti’s Narrative with Dr. Cécile Accilien In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Cécile Accilien to discuss her book, Teaching Haiti:...
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The Rules Were Never Meant for Us: Understanding the Market’s Game

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.stk-1618965 hr.stk-block-divider__hr{background:#000000 !important;} Money is a language, but most of us are not fluent. We move through the world knowing the cost of bread, the...
**Alt text:** Cover of the book *The Colonial System Unveiled* by Baron de Vastey, translated and edited by Chris Bongie. The cover features a striking black-and-white photo of a person draped in a white shroud-like garment, holding a painted mask resembling a skull. The background shows a group of similarly dressed figures and a wall with the word "Senate" faintly visible. The title appears in bold yellow-green text at the top.
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The Colonial System Unveiled

Patrick Jean-Baptiste -
Summary Of the many topics discussed in this interview, none stuck with me more than the Baron de Vastey toast described below. The year is 1816....
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