Haiti

facts. Americans have a lot of opinions about Haiti and about as many questions too. As soon as people know that I’m Haitian, I get flooded with questions that I highly doubt they want the answers to: “Why is Haiti so poor?” “Do you do voodoo?” “Where does all the relief money go?” “Why are the politicians so corrupt?” So never mind the fact that Haiti was the first independent black country, or that in order for France to recognize it as a country, Haiti had to agree to compensate slaveholders…

Haiti Earthquake 2010 Introduction The Haiti earthquake occurred in Haiti, Dominican Republic, in 2010. It is considered the most destructive catastrophe of modern times(Reginald DesRoches, et al, 2011). The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0 mm (Fierro, E. & Perry, C. Preliminary Reconnaissance Report). The epicenter of the earthquake was in the town of Leogane. The town of Leogane is approximately 25 kilometers west-southwest of the city of Port Au Prince. The earthquake had a depth of 13…

Devastating Earthquake in Haiti 2010 Haiti is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. However, now imagine the fear of living a horrible nightmare, and then went you wake up the horrible nightmare comes true, even worse than you dreamed. That was the real situation for more than three million people, in one of the poorest countries. That case occurred in Haiti. In January, 2010 a devastating earthquake of 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, overwhelmed this country and…

A large-scale earthquake registered at a magnitude of 7.0, occurred in Haiti on January 12, 2010, on the West Indian island of Hispaniola. The shock compromised the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It was estimated that more than a third of the population of the country was affected by the earthquake, along with many homes destroyed beyond repair (Pallardy). Similarly, in Nepal, nearly nine thousand people died from the two earthquakes in April and May 2015, and the remote villages…

There is more going on within Haiti than what meets the eye. Edwidge Danticat has exposed the real deal and the destruction that is going on inside the Republic of Haiti. In this essay, a deep analysis of Edwidge Danticat’s “Brother, I’m Dying” and the present negative effects on the country that the U.S. and Haiti’s political situation has influenced. The country was negatively affected by brutal violence, poverty, and the lack of freedom. The Haitian people have very restricted freedoms. Most…

Haiti is one of a Caribbean island. Haiti shares an island with Dominican Republic a Hispanic island. Haiti had at least 1.5 million people that left the country because how the government is set up. Haiti is a unique country because of their population and their sport, Soccer. Haiti Culture is one of the most importance’s in Caribbean Island. It has festivals, Carnival, Mardi gras, Haitian music, floats, showcase and more. In Haiti’s Artistic they use light colors which makes it native in…

French empire led by Napoleon. Napoleon, the ruler of France at the time, decided he wanted to take control of the Louisiana purchase and in order to do this, he had to take control of the western indies’ economic sector, Saint Domingue or modern day Haiti. In the beginning, the French invaded Saint Domingue and Toussaint Louverture, an early leader of the Haitians, fought against them for three months until they gradually lost soldiers which resulted in the surrender of the blacks. Louverture…

Haiti was French colony and Latin America was spanish but independence was paramount in both and changed these areas forever. The outcomes of independence movements in Haiti and the Spanish Americas were similar because they both ended successfully and with independence from the colonizing nation, a difference however was that in Haiti the revolution ended with a complete social overhaul and the re-arrangement of social…

Haiti is an isle located between Cuba and Puerto Rico, and was once known as France’s Pearl of Antilles. This islands history is very unique when compared with other colonial Caribbean islands. St. Dominigue was a former French fertile paradise that between 1681-1791 imported approximately 860,000 Africans to help produce cotton, coffee, indigo, and the ever lucrative sugarcane. The island became home for two classes of slaves; the Creoles who were born into slavery, and the Bossales who were…

Island Possessed: Presentation Paper Island Possessed by Katherine Dunham is a beautiful introduction to Haiti. The book is comprised of stories, recollections and historical facts about the island that spare no details; good or bad. But the book causes the reader to reevaluate the definitions of good and bad while reading. Is good really good and is bad just different? Her articulation of emotions toward the historical Haitians, Haitian Vaudun culture and the people put into perspective how…