The Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution
Author: Toussaint L'Ouverture
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1788736575

Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first black republic. In this collection of his writings and speeches, former Haitian politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrates L’Ouverture’s profound contribution to the struggle for equality.

Makandal

Makandal
Author: Frantz Derenoncourt, Jr.
Publisher: Thorobred Books
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2021-04-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736725610

An illustrated story of the life of the maroon leader, Makandal, who fought relentlessly to free Africans from French colonial rule in Haiti.

The Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution
Author:
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1624661777

"A landmark collection of documents by the field's leading scholar. This reader includes beautifully written introductions and a fascinating array of never-before-published primary documents. These treasures from the archives offer a new picture of colonial Saint-Domingue and the Haitian Revolution. The translations are lively and colorful." --Alyssa Sepinwall, California State University San Marcos

Black Lives Matter at School

Black Lives Matter at School
Author: Denisha Jones
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1642595306

This inspiring collection of accounts from educators and students is “an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system” (Ibram X. Kendi). Since 2016, the Black Lives Matter at School movement has carved a new path for racial justice in education. A growing coalition of educators, students, parents and others have established an annual week of action during the first week of February. This anthology shares vital lessons that have been learned through this important work. In this volume, Bettina Love makes a powerful case for abolitionist teaching, Brian Jones looks at the historical context of the ongoing struggle for racial justice in education, and prominent teacher union leaders discuss the importance of anti-racism in their unions. Black Lives Matter at School includes essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from participants across the country who have been building the movement on the ground.

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Author: Bayyinah Bello
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-08-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735560700

In this book Bayyinah Bello shares 21 fondamental facts about the Liberator and Founder of Hayti, General Jean-Jacques Dessalines. This humanist who experienced the agonies of the Eurochristian maafa, that carved indelible wounds on his back. Professor Bello chose to fight and reestablish the truth about this great warrior who won against the three most forceful armies of his time. His biography is a lesson on how to win against formidable might by tapping the divine power within.

Haiti a Choisi de Devenir Un Pays Pauvre

Haiti a Choisi de Devenir Un Pays Pauvre
Author: Etzer Emile
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692077672

Etzer Emile nous livre ses réflexions, sans detour, sur la déstructuration de notre économie, et l'effondrement de notre corps social, à travers in processus lent de désinstitutionalisation, de choix de mauvaises politiques et d'un déficit de vision à répondre au besoins de la population par l'exploitation responsible de nos ressources.

Gran Toya: Founding Mother of Haiti, Freedom Fighter Victoria Toya Montou

Gran Toya: Founding Mother of Haiti, Freedom Fighter Victoria Toya Montou
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2020-04-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781716143212

For the first time, Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., has presented the inspirational story of the remarkable Victoria ""Toya"" Montou in book form for today's readers. This groundbreaking book, Volume III of the Haitian Revolutionary Women Series, is as timely as it is important. Toya was a brave revolutionary freedom fighter in the bloody war to destroy slavery and create a new nation conceived in the day's most enlightened concept-universal liberty for all. Even more, Toya was also the revolutionary Mother of the Republic of Haiti, because of her inspirational contributions to decisive victory. Significantly, she was the surrogate mother of the hard-fighting Haitian leader who won independence for his people, which was declared on January 1, 1804. Today, the heroic legacy of ""Gran Toya"" has continued to live on in the hearts and minds of the Haitian people, who still revere her name, courage, and inspirational legacy.

Dancing Spirits

Dancing Spirits
Author: Gerdes Fleurant
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996-10-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0313297185

The reflexive approach and the concept of bimusicality have made possible this in-depth study of the Rada rite, the foundation of the complex and sensationalized religion of Haiti, Vodun. Fleurant returned to his native Haiti to immerse himself in the socio-cultural life of those who practice the religion that was brought to Haiti by the people captured in Africa from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Through total immersion in daily life culture and apprenticeship in the music culture (reflexive approach and concept of bimusicality), the author has accessed information and provided a descriptive analysis heretofore unavailable to scholars. From this privileged position, the author details the complexity, sophistication, and beauty of the ritual, music, and dance. The pioneering works on the music or the dance of Vodun have attempted to cover the whole ritual spectrum. Fleurant contends that the religion is too complex and too sensationalized to be treated in one volume and that each rite should be studied separately and in greater depth. Dancing Spirits examines drum rhythms, song tunes, and texts of the major Rada dances. A model of the Rada ceremony in Bòpo, a community located some ten miles north of Port-au-Prince, serves as a guide to the reader not familiar with Vodun liturgy. The work challenges studies that do not delve deeply enough into this complex religion, and serves as a model for further studies.