Peter Granitz
Voodoo is an important part in the day-to-day lives of many Haitians. Estimates vary, but in general anthropologists believe that 50 to 80 pecent of Haitians practice some form of Voodoo, often in concert with other religions [source: U.S. Dept. of State]. Voodoo has also played an imp...
When the earthquake hit in January of 2010, around 300,000 Haitians lost their lives. I wanted to make a difference, no matter how small. Thousands of kids were orphaned when they lost their parents. Not only that but many more lost their homes, legs, arms, and families. I decided to ...
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians in their homeland and abroad fretted over the WhatsApp outage. Many of the country’s more than 11 million people depend it to alert one another about gang violence in particular neighborhoods or to talk to relatives in the U.S. about money transfers and ...
The French Revolution also helped provide an opportunity—first for free Black Haitians, then enslaved Black Haitians—to challenge their own subjugation by France. Haiti abolished slavery in 1793 and became an independent state in 1804. Yet the United States and European countries were slow to ...