Emerante de Pradines was a Haitian singer, dancer and folklorist who became the first person from her country to sign a record deal. She was dedicated to de-demonising vodou music and folklore and ...

LITTLE HAITI (CBSMiami) -- February is Black History Month and this week, CBS4 News turns to a local researcher who is quietly working to preserve Haitian history and culture because that too is a ...

Sociologist Jeb Sprague discussed his new book on paramilitary activity in Haiti at an event organized by the SFS Center for Latin American Studies in Intercultural Center Tuesday evening. “The basic ...

Melky Jean’s Saint Sauveur Rum celebrates Haitian heritage, resilience, and the 1972 refugee story, a significant event in Haitian history that saw a mass exodus of Haitians seeking political and ...

"Haitian studies is everywhere," said Guerda Nicolas, president of the Haitian Studies Association, in her speech convoking that organization's 22nd annual conference, held on campus Thursday through ...

FILE PHOTO: 2011 photo shows Haitians made homeless in previous year's earthquake standing outside their tents PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean's first ...

Editor’s Note: This story is one in a series of Black History Month stories that explores the role of resistance to oppression in the Black community. It originally ran on Feb. 26, 2022. For Judith ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 members of his cabinet have requested the immediate deployment of foreign troops in response to gangs and ...

Robert Siegel talks to Laurent Dubois, professor of romance studies and history at Duke University, and author of Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution. Dubois, who was in ...

In Haiti, history repeats itself — repeatedly. And for what remains of Haiti’s troubled government, history seems to keep getting worse. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and Kenyan President William ...

Leyla McCalla’s go-to filler phrase seems to be “you know.” She often ends sentences this way, her voice turning up like a little sketchbook-scribbled wave of intonation. We all have our verbal ...