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:
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The 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. […]
Incredible 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 […]
Taina 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 […]
Largest 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 […]
Fort Liberte, Haiti
Located in the North-Eastern part of Haiti and abounding with tourist sites, Fort-Liberté is a city where the first declaration of Haiti’s independence took place on November 29, 1803. It has one of the most captivating historical sites in the area called Fort Dauphin known today as Fort-Liberté. This fort was built around 1731 under […]
Built 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 […]
Miss 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 […]
Louisiana’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 […]
Trans Model – Carmen Carrera
Transgender Child
http://youtu.be/epDPui27QZQ
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http://youtu.be/6ry8ECc2Lb0
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http://youtu.be/iOHdZKDldIg
Your Brain on Love