The Haitian Revolution story is finally coming to TV. According to Deadline, Kwame Kwei-Armah, the artistic director of London’s Young Vic, is to adapt the...
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Written by Hulya Miclisse-Polat When we think of the Haitian Revolution and the events that ultimately led to our freedom, many times we point to our founding...
Ava DuVernay “I’m Black” In an upcoming episode of PBS’s Finding Your Roots, Season 4, Episode 4: The Vanguard, host Henry Louis Gates...
28 January 1801: The governor of Spanish Santo Domingo cedes control of his territory to Louverture. To make his achievements permanent, Louverture forms a...
Reposted from ArtDream Tumblr: Mawon Scaped Slave
Mawon is the Haitian Kreyòl word for maroon, meaning “escaped slave”.