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...
President Biden and Democrats have been citing Project 2025 in recent weeks as they seek to highlight what could be in store if former President Donald Trump wins at the polls in November and retakes the White House in January. Many of the blueprint's proposals touch on economic matt...
This French version of the Creole language is spoken by anywhere between 10 and 12 million people and is the only language spoken by many Haitians. Along with French, it is also the official language of Haiti and speakers can say hello using the informal “alo” or the more formal “bonjo...
New perspectives on old patterns: forced migration of Haitians in the Dominican Republic This unique, interdisciplinary study utilises demographic data as well as interviews to identify patterns of the forced migration and experiences of Haitia... L Fletcher,T Miller - 《Journal of Ethnic & Migrati...
Less than three weeks after the 14th August (date of the most recent significant earthquake that shattered the Southern peninsula of the country, and how the Haitians refer to the tragic event that took place on that date), I landed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I didn’t really know what ...
By 1929, there was deep resentment against Americans for their roles in censoring the press, collecting customs duties, being the distributor of essentials like food and medicine, and for forcing a new constitution upon the Haitians which. Uprisings were commonplace, including a 1918 guerrilla war...
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 ...
In Haiti, hymns are played on the radio and voodoo ceremonies are broadcast on television along with Christian services.Many Haitians believe that if a person who dies is buried without ceremony, his spirit will wander and commit evil acts....
And Trump closed the day at a Univision forum by repeating falsehoods about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, while promising to visit the safe red state down the homestretch. We ask ourselves every night: Who won the day? Now we’ll tell you — every weekd...