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A Portrait of the first King of Haïti with his family
Quote: A rare find!! An intimate portrait of the first king of independent Haïti, Henri Ferdinand Christophe along with his wife And daughter circa 1811. – by an unknown artist of the Haitian school, circa 1811, Portrait of King Henri Christophe with his wife and daughter. Henri Christophe (1767-1820), reigned after the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) […]
Read MoreHaitian man shares his Ancestry DNA Results
World Map Of Haiti –Historia con Mapas The Taíno people were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Trinidad , Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. In the Greater Antilles, the […]
Read MoreHaiti’s Oil Reserves Larger Than Venezuela?
According to French scientist Daniel Mathurin, “The Central Plateau, including the region of Thomond, the plain of the cul-de-sac and the bay of Port-au-Prince are filled with oil”. He added that “Haiti’s oil reserves are larger than those of Venezuela . An Olympic pool compared to a glass of water that is the comparison to […]
Read MoreGOLD RUSH IN HAITI?
Canadian and U.S. corporations now confirm they have permits to mine gold in more than 1,000 square miles in northern Haiti. Haiti’s new prime minister says the estimated $20 billion worth of minerals in Haiti’s hills could help liberate it from dependency on foreign aid and rebuild from the devastating 2010 earthquake. But many worry […]
Read MoreThe Emir of Dubai has flown $366,000 of emergency supplies to Haiti on his private jet.
He sent 90 tons of emergency supplies in his Boeing 747 to the Caribbean island in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. According to the Dubai government, the Sheikh’s wife, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, personally oversaw the relief mission which included tents, mosquito nets, medical supplies and water purification units. Haitians are urging people not […]
Read MoreAssassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag Freedom Cry Video Game
Some of the missions take place in Haiti and some of the characters actually speak creole. It specifically talks about Port-Au-Prince and other places in Haiti. Quote: You see how some games are really educational. I just learned so much about Haitian history by this trailer. What better way to teach history to our Kids that’s […]
Read MoreEffective Aid for Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
Haiti was hit the hardest. Death toll exceeded 800. –The Pan African FUNDRAISING: Those of us with long experience in Haiti want to ensure assistance is getting where it is needed. We are compiling a list of organizations whose work on the ground we have direct experience with. This list is incomplete but we will […]
Read MoreAfrican Descendants Around The World
“A picture is worth a thousand words” is an English idiom. It refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image or that an image of a subject conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a description does. Pakistan In pictures: Pakistan’s indigenous African community news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia […]
Read MoreEmpress ‘Adélina Lévêque Soulouque’ of Haiti
Adélina Soulouque (b. c. 1795-after 1859), née Lévêque, was Empress Consort of Haiti from 1849 until 1859, as wife of Faustin I of Haiti. Adélina was the daughter of Marie Michel Lévêque, a Haitian of mixed-race heritage. She had a long-term relationship with Faustin Souloque for many years. It was only in December 1849 that […]
Read MoreModel: Belouka Almonacy
Nationality: Unknown Ethnicity: Haitian, African descent. She is 5’11 ft tall. Stunning in black and white Haiti is a Caribbean country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic to its east. Though it’s still recovering from a 2010 earthquake, many of Haiti’s landmarks dating to the early 19th century remain intact. These […]
Read MoreSocialite, Actress & Author: Cathy Guetta
Nationality:French Ethnicity: Her father was a Cameroonian army officer and her mother French. Occupation: Event Organizer She speaks English and French. Cathy Lobé was born in Dakar, Senegal. She spent her childhood in Toulon, as well as in Senegal. Shortly after moving from Dakar to France, she became the manager of a night club and organized […]
Read MoreCatherine Flon
Catherine Flon was the goddaughter of Jean Jacques Dessalines and played a huge role in the Haitian Revolution as a nurse. She is not really remembered and revered as nurse, but widely recognized in all Haiti as a heroine for sewing the first Haitian Flag in Archaie. Her image is on their currency:
Read MoreThe Golden Ratio Formula for Beauty?
It has long been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and thought that beauty varies by race, culture or era. The evidence, however, shows that our perception of physical beauty is hard wired into our being and based on how closely the features of one’s face reflect phi in their proportions. […]
Read MoreIncredible Human Journey Out Of Africa
Dr. Alice Roberts travels the globe to discover the incredible story of how humans left Africa to colonise the world — overcoming hostile terrain, extreme weather and other species of human. She pieces together precious fragments of bone, stone and new DNA evidence and discovers how this journey changed these African ancestors into the people […]
Read MoreTaina Warrior Chief of Xaragua: Anacaona from Hispaniola/Haiti
Anacaona was born in Yaguana (today the town of Léogane, Haiti) in 1474. During Christopher Columbus‘s visit to the chiefdom of Xaragua in what is now southwest Haiti in late 1496, where Anacaona and her brother Bohechío appeared as equal negotiators. She fought the Spaniards who was trying to colonize Hispaniola at the time. Anacaona […]
Read MoreLargest fortress in the Americas: Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti
This mountaintop fortress was built from 1805 to 1820 in the aftermath of the slave revolution of Haiti (Bt 1791–1804) by African descendants and declaration of its independence from France. It was designed as a part of fortification system, which was supposed to defend newly independent Haiti from the attacks of the French Army. This massive […]
Read MoreBuilt in 1810-1813. Sans Souci Palace, Milot, Haiti
What was left out of your history books. Panoramic view of Sans Souci Palace, Milot, Haiti. This castle/palace was built by Haitians who are mostly of African descent. I bet you didn’t know this is on the UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. This is currently a tourist attraction. Globe trotters seem to know about this stuff and are not […]
Read MoreMiss Haiti: Claudinette Fouchard
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Shes fluent in 6 languages: French, English, Spanish, German ,Italian and Creole of course. She’s also the daughter of Jean Fouchard an anthropologist, writer and former ambassador to Cuba. Ms. Fouchard is the first Haitian to compete in Miss World 1960. Ms. Fouchard left Haiti to study in France and eventually […]
Read MoreLouisiana’s Creole
Many Creoles, however, are descendants of French colonials who fled Saint-Domingue (Haiti) for North America’s Gulf Coast when a slave insurrection (1791) challenged French authority. According to Thomas Fiehrer’s essay “From La Tortue to La Louisiane: An Unfathomed Legacy,” Saint-Dominque had more than 450,000 black slaves, 40,000 to 45,000 whites, and 32,000 gens-decouleur libres, who […]
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