Category: Haitian History
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What is Canada Doing in Haiti?
The “Ottawa Initiative on Haiti”: Humanist Peacekeeping or…? On Sussex Drive in Ottawa, just a few steps away from the enormous US embassy, stands the Peacekeeping Monument. The structure titled “Reconciliation” was erected to honour the more than 125,000 Canadians who have served in United Nations peacekeeping forces since 1947. The current article documents one…
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JUSTICE FOR HAITIANS KILLED OR CRIPPLED BY THE UNITED NATIONS – SINCE 2004
I welcome a March 10, 2017 commentary by Stephen Lewis in which he denounces the crimes the United Nations has committed against Haitians by cholera contagion. However, the objective facts reveal that even Mr. Lewis paints the UN Mission to Haiti (MINUSTAH) in a much better light than what is truly happening. 1) Contrary to Mr. Lewis’ statement, the…
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From Khufu, Snefru, Huni and Djoser to Makandal, Dessalines and you
There is no shortage of African builders of great civilization to inspire our world. For instance, although much effort has been deployed by so-called archeologists, historians, educators…to hide the face or to malign the majestic work of Pharaoh Khufu, century after centuries, Khufu’s pyramid of stone still stands tall as ever in the Land of…
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British Crown to Pay Long Overdue Reparations
MICHAELLE JEAN CALLED TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD (British Crown to Pay Long Overdue Reparations) by Jafrikayiti, April 7, 2007 Dear Michaelle Jean: First, let me offer you my congratulations as you enter a 19th month of tenure as Governor General of Canada. Today, I write to bring two urgent matters to…