Haiti Lab

05/23/2017

"...throughout the Haitian Creole program our professor, Jacques Pierre, always encouraged us to understand the importance of fighting for the language in the language itself." A Duke University graduate, and Haiti Lab friend, Lydia Joy Bradford (Class of 2017) wrote her entire thesis an Kreyòl! So proud of what Lydia has accomplished here at Duke!

Lydia Bradford came to Duke from Oklahoma City four years ago expecting to immerse herself in global health issues. But when she discovered that Duke offered Creole language courses, her plans changed. Having learned some about Haiti in middle and high school, Bradford enrolled in one Creole course,...

04/25/2017

JOIN US TODAY at the Forum for Scholars & Publics to hear Lakou Mizik!

Tomorrow at FSP: Join us at 12 for the Haitian band Lakou Mizik. Band Members Steeve Valcourt, Sanba Zao, and Jonas Attis will present alongside creative director Zach Niles. Moderated by Dasha Chapman (Department of African & African-American Studies @ Duke University (AAAS))

Formed in the wake of the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Lakou Mizik is a diverse coalition of musicians representing a cross section of generations, faiths and musical styles. Their music reflects the African, French, Caribbean and U.S. influences that collide in Haiti. Stay for a participatory song workshop from 1:15-2p! Later that evening, Duke Coffeehouse will host a Lakou Mizik performance at 8p.

Info: http://fsp.trinity.duke.edu/projects/haitian-band-lakou-mizik-residency-duke

Haiti Lab Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University Duke University Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Duke University Department of Music Duke University Dance Program Duke University Center for International and Global Studies

04/05/2017

OF MEN AND GODS
Haitian Creole with English subtitles
Synopsis: A frank look at a largely unexplored area, Of Men And Gods examines the daily existence of several Haitian men who are openly gay. Prevalent, yet still taboo, homosexuality and gay culture are allowed to flourish within the context of Haiti's Vodou religion.
Thursday, April 6, 7pm
John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240 (Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall)
2204 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705

10/31/2016

"The acknowledgment was made after a scathing report by an independent United Nations human rights adviser... denouncing what he called the organization’s years of silence and denial..."
The UN finally acknowledges its role and the need for accountability.

A proposed $400 million aid package comes two months after the United Nations acknowledged that it helped spread the deadly disease in the impoverished nation.

10/31/2016

"The death toll is unknowable but keeps climbing. The first images to emerge show Jérémie demolished. UNDP estimates that 98 percent of the buildings in the city are gone." Duke Haiti Lab friend and supporter Laura Wagner's piece on Haiti, post-Matthew.

By: Laura Wagner

10/27/2016

We were so HAPPY to host MANNO CHARLEMAGNE for a concert at the Haiti Lab! Enjoy & share. :-) Thanks to the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, Duke University Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Forum for Scholars & Publics, Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, the Department for African & African-American Studies, & Department of Romance Studies at Duke University.

10/20/2016

"Haiti’s rural populations are not culprits or victims, but key players in the project of reversing deforestation." The New York Times ran an op-ed piece by Duke Prof. Laurent Dubois where he talks the real problems of deforestation in the country in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

Reforesting the country requires getting local residents to play a key role.

10/20/2016

Duke University Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies and the
Haiti Lab invite you to celebrate:
International Creole Day! October 28, 2016

10/08/2016

It is not just the loss of life from Hurricane Matthew, but also the loss of business and agriculture that was helping to feed the people of Haiti. Check out this campaign for Haiti from Duke postdoctoral student, Dasha Chapman: "Dasha Chapman is a scholar and a dancer currently based in Durham, NC, a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University, who has been doing work with Haitian dance artists and activists since 2009. One of my closest collaborators of 4 years, Jean-Sebastien Duvilaire, is from Abricots, a town 1.5 hours from Jeremie. Sebastien runs a small chocolate business, Tahomey, that works with Abricots cacao farmers, and he is a dancer who teaches classes and choreographs with local youth in Abricots, as well as in Jeremie, Port-au-Prince, and other places in both Haiti and internationally. He is a passionate educator and entrepreneur who is deeply invested in the development of local agriculture and youth in Abricots." https://www.gofundme.com/2t6ryy4

Hurricane Matthew touched down in Haiti's southern region of Grand’Anse as a Category 4 storm on October 4, 2016. We are still unable to communicate with the region (as of Friday Oct 7), but from the aerial shots and preliminary assessment of Jeremie, the main city in the area, everything that wa...

10/07/2016

If you want to give to the good people of , then go with this campaign right here. This is established by fellow Dukie Laura Wagner, thus I KNOW that all funds will go DIRECTLY to Haitian families and their children. Laura is an anthropologist working at Duke who lived in Haiti for years, so her concern is genuine: "Crises compound crises in Haiti: this is the nature of structural oppression. Some of you may have read Laura’s article that came out shortly after the January 12, 2010 earthquake, about the life and family of Melise Rivien, who died in the earthquake. Melise was originally from Abricots, and worked in people’s houses in Port-au-Prince in order to support and make a better life for her family in the countryside. Her sudden death was a lasting emotional, social, and economic blow to everyone she left behind. The money we raise will help Melise’s brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews rebuild after this latest injustice." https://www.gofundme.com/jeremie2016

On October 4th 2016, the Grand’Anse (Jérémie) region of southwest Haiti was devastated by Hurricane Matthew, Haiti’s first Category 4 hurricane in more than fifty years. According to the news that are slowly trickling down, everything that wasn’t built with concrete was blown or swept away. The...

10/06/2016

Following the profoundly disturbing calls for violence directed at FOKAL these past two weeks, individuals and institutions decided to launch this call for signatures. If you have already signed, please forward this to people and institutions you think may be willing to sign. They need support.

Français-Kreyòl-English below La signature en ligne sur ce site ne concerne pas les 252 premiers signataires listés ci-après. 252 premye moun ki te siyen yo pa bezwen siyen ankò sou sit sa. The first 252 signatures listed below do not need to sign on this site. Merci de cocher la case...