Episode notes The emergence of Haiti as a sovereign Black nation lit a beacon of hope for Black people throughout the African diaspora. Listen as Dr. Leslie M. Alexander reveals the untold story of how free and enslaved Black people…
Episode Notes As you’ll discover from listening to this episode, Dr. Ménard is an easy person to talk to. I left some of the background noise intact because this convo took place while she was in Haiti. I think I…
Episode Notes Had a blast with Dr. Marie Jessica Johnson. This new episode is the story of freedom, of choices black women made to anchor their humanity, to retain control over their bodies, selves, loved ones, and their futures.
Episode Notes A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform (www. oapen. org). Historically and contemporarily, politically and literarily, Haiti has long been relegated to the margins of the so-called…
Show Notes Did disaster capitalism help or hurt Haiti? In this series of episodes (2), Dr. Vincent Joos explores counter-productive aspects of disaster capitalism the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. He describes the failures of…
Episode Description [Garment Industry] At first glance, the garment workers’ protests sweeping Haiti appear to be the result of a grossly inadequate minimum wage. But listen closely to the organizers and you will see they are rooted in decades of…
Episode Description In Island Futures, Dr. Mimi Sheller delves into the ecological crises and reconstruction challenges affecting the entire Caribbean region during a time of climate catastrophe. Drawing on fieldwork on postearthquake reconstruction in Haiti, flooding on the Haitian-Dominican border,…
Episode Description This compelling book and author offer a comprehensive analysis of the struggle for democracy in Haiti, set in the context of the tumultuous rise and fall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Swept to power in 1991 as the champion of…
Show Notes In this episode, we discuss a wide range of subjects: we do a deep dive into the ‘burning questions” that occupied Michel-Rolph Trouillot the anthropologist We also discussed the decolonization and unsettling projects currently underway to cure American…
