Category: Culture & Science
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25 & 26 Jiyè se Jou Fidelite: Manman m, Papa Dessalines & Kiba
25 JIYÈ SE FÈT ANPERÈ JACQUES PREMYE – VIV PAPA DESSALINES! Dessalines, se ou ki ban n solèy Ki ban n lalin Ou ki ban n sè, frè n Manman, papa n, pitit nou(Felix Morisseau-Leroy, Mèsi Papa Dessalines!, Djakout, 1953) Se sou non Jacques Premye, Dessalines resevwa tit Anperè, 8 Oktòb 1804. Atik 27, Dispozisyon…
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Martin Luther King and the Man on the Road to Cite Soleil, Haiti
The cry is always the same “we want to be free”. «The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya: Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee–the cry is always the same–“We want to be free”». Dr.…
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God is not white
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Tune in every Wednesday at 7 PM EST for a thought-provoking discussion on themes related to an increasingly uneasy relationship modern-day Africans of the continent and its diaspora are developing with Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) which were mobilized to subjugate their ancestors over centuries of foreign invasion. To receive regular alerts and updates,…
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No to Organized Religion, It's Spirit that Counts
By Brian StevensHaitian Times Staff , Published in May 2000 MIAMI – With the provocative title “Viv Bondye, Aba Relijyon” (Long live God, Down with Religion) it is no surprise the author Jafrikayiti wants to shake up the traditional take on spirituality and faith and reclaim a domain he says is dominated by those who…