Haiti

Tourism in Haiti: All the reasons to visit the beautiful Caribbean country

One of the 4 countries we focus on at the MagkaSama Project is Haiti. We love this country, its history and the people, and we regularly publish news about the country you can read on this page. Even if the news are not always very joyful as Haiti is facing many difficulties (such as the...

Haiti: DHS decision to end Haitian immigrant protections questioned

On September last year, the Haiti Advocacy Working Group (HAWG) tweeted about the Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the legal status which protects refugees whose home countries have suffered natural disaster or war from deportation. The Trump Administration suggested that it would be up...

Congress secures $10 million for cholera in Haiti

In December last year, we posted about the cholera outbreak in Haiti and how the multimillion-dollar UN fund had been blocked, you can read our post here. HAWG (Haiti Advocacy Working Group) published yesterday an article about congressional lawmakers joining forces to secure $10 million...

Haitian Artists on the Rise: Allan André, Tracy Guiteau and Fabiola Jean-Louis

Among the many sources we recommend you to read if you want to learn more about Haiti, the Haitian Times is one of the best website. Last week we read an article: Haitian Artists on the Rise and we discovered 3 artists we like a lot and we wanted to share them with you. Allan André is a...

Francophonie 2018 : Journées ‘Haïti’ les 23, 24 et 25 mars 2018

En début de semaine nous vous parlions de la Journée internationale de la Francophonie et Semaine de la langue française et de la Francophonie, et nous mentionnions nos amis francophones, du Congo à la Tunisie en passant par Haïti. Et c’est de Haïti dont il est question...

Journée internationale de la Francophonie et Semaine de la langue française et de la Francophonie

Nous sommes le 20 mars 2018 et nous célébrons aujourd’hui la Journée internationale de la Francophonie à travers tout le monde francophone et même au-delà. Nous avons à cette occasion publié un tweet afin d’y associer tous nos amis, partenaires, membres, lecteurs et...

‘Douces déroutes’, le nouveau roman de Yanick Lahens

Yanick Lahens est une écrivaine haïtienne reconnue et très impliquée en Haiti pour y avoir fondé plusieurs associations et une bibliothèque à Saint-Louis-du-Nord. Le mois dernier l’auteure a sorti son nouveau livre chez Sabine Wespieser, un roman intitulé ‘Douces...

‘As A Haitian-American, I Stand Proud Of My Heritage’ – By Littane Bien-Aime

Since last year, several disparaging words and disgraceful remarks made by Donald Trump have shocked and stirred controversy. As he was being presented with a proposal to restore protections for immigrants, he declared: ‘Why are we having all these people from shithole countries...

Edwidge Danticat reacts to Trump’s ‘Shithole countries’ remark targeting Africa, Haiti

Last month we published two articles reacting to the disparaging words made by Donald Trump on Haiti: Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Multimillion-dollar UN fund blocked and Our Country (Haiti) Deserves Your Respect, Not Your Pity – By Paul Altidor. Now Edwidge Danticat reacts to...

12th Annual Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival (Jan. 20 to Jan. 27, 2018)

There are many great Jazz music festivals around the world, among them is the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival. The non-profit organization Haiti Jazz Foundation was founded in March 2007 by composer, singer and percussionist Joel Widmaier, they work all the year to preserve...