By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. As the spirit of the Enlightenment inflamed everyone, the rebellious Haitian slaves led by Toussaint L’Ouverture would prove to be those most faithful to the Enlightenment ideals.
Continue reading →By Patrick Sylvain, Boston Haitian Reporter. “To judge from the expertise exhibited in the work, this is undoubtedly the most important representation of Toussaint L’Ouverture discovered to date.” – Mario Valdes, Researcher
Continue reading →Courtesy of Mirta Yurnet-Thomas. Pikliz is an extremely hot mix of pickled scotch bonnet peppers and shredded veggies with which Haitians flavor their dishes. Every Haitian kitchen’s cupboard or refrigerator has pikliz. It is typically passed around at mealtime.
Continue reading →This playful performance of A Night in Tunisia, in Havana in 1985, is offered as a bow to the Tunisian Revolution. Be sure to catch the brief commentary by Dizzy, who incidentally discovered Arturo.
Continue reading →Courtesy of H. Montas | Ángel M. Nieves-Rivera, Inoculum | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. A little research into the mycology of the island of Hispaniola discovered that the type of mushroom in diri ak djondjon is probably Psathyrella coprinoceps. The same superb scientific article provides two delicious recipes! Bon appetit!
Continue reading →Courtesy of Valiera, 5-Star Foodie. Though the name literally means sweet-potato bread, this Haitian treat is more like a baked pudding. The secret is to use white sweet potatoes, also called boniatas.
Continue reading →Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Viengsay Valdés is the Prima Ballerina of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. She is considered the best ballerina in the world and one of its greatest dancers ever.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In his book, “L’Oiseau Nègre: L’Aventure des Pintades Dionysiaques”, Jean-Marie Lamblard follows pintades from Pharaonic Egypt to Alexandria, Greece, Abyssinia, Venice, Africa, and America in reverse order and includes the role of “oiseaux negres” in Haitian Vodou, where they are a symbol of the runaway slave because these birds reclaimed their freedom immediately after being introduced on the island in the early 16th century.
Continue reading →Eric Law, The Independent | GRITtv. Wangari Maathai died of cancer on Sunday, September 25, 2011. The organization she founded, the Green Belt Movement, planted millions of trees.
Continue reading →First English translation of complete lyrics by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | Original Creole lyrics written by Oswald Durand, courtesy of Gage Averill | Music by Michel Mauleart Monton | Sung by Martha Jean-Claude | History by Louis J. Auguste, M.D., Pikliz. Osward Durand’s Choucoune was considered to be the best poem in kreyol from the moment it appeared in print. About 10 years later, it was put to music by Michel Mauleart Monton. (Kreyol | English)
Continue reading →Neil deGrasse Tyson, Raw Replay | Raw Story. In a recent interview with the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), reknowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson suggests that as human ethics continue to evolve, the practice of eating animals will come to appear more and more primitive, especially as science learns about the true mental faculties of ostensibly dumb beasts.
Continue reading →A Poem by Derek Walcott. Derek Walcott is a writer and painter from St. Lucia. He was born in 1930. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. This poem is from his latest volume of poetry, titled White Egrets (2010).
Continue reading →By Jason Palmer, BBC. “Amondawa people, like any other people, can talk about events and sequences of events…. What we don’t find is a notion of time as being independent of the events which are occuring.” Dr. Chris Sinha.
Continue reading →The classic Haitian tale, told by Dady Chery. KRICK? A long time ago, in a thatched house snuggled in a valley between the flamboyant-covered hills of Haiti, there lived a girl whose greatest ambition was to bring home the cleanest water in all the world.
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