Legacy of 1804 on Bridging the Investment Gap for Haitian Entrepreneurs #LOF1804

This friday at 9PM, join guest host  and blogger Daniella Bien-Aimé of the Bien-Aimé Post as she discusses investment capital for Haitian entrepreneurs in Haiti and the diaspora with Patrice Backer, COO of Afigfunds, a private equity firm. This show will be live so please call in to participate in the conversation. 

Listen Live or archived online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2016/07/23/legacy-of-1804--bridging-the-investment-gap-for-haitian-entrepreneurs-lof1804. You can also listen and participate on the phone at (714) 242-6119.







You can listen to past shows on iTunes by searching keywords 'Legacy of 1804'. Past shows are also available at http://www.kiskeacity.com/search/label/LOF1804. You can also subscribe to the podcast RSS FEED: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/podcast. On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.

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Yours Truly Interviewed by Eric Draitser of CounterPunch Radio on Clintons, Haiti, UN @NatCounterPunch

Check out Eric Draitser's interview of me for his CounterPunch Radio podcast on counterpunch.org.

In Eric's own words we discussed "the political situation in Haiti today, the insidious role of the Clintons, and the historical importance of the island nation as the leading edge of anti-colonial resistance. Eric and Alice explore the electoral drama unfolding in Haiti, and what it means for the future of the country. Of course, no discussion of the issue would be complete without an accounting of Hillary and Bill's criminal exploitation of the island over the last 25 years, up to and including today. The conversation also explores just why Haiti has been repeatedly subjected to the kind of repression and subjugation it has these last two centuries. All this and so much more in this wide-ranging discussion"

Musical interlude: Boukman Eksperyans - Jou Nou Revolte

CORRECTION: Please note that Dr. Maryse Narcisse is not part of the G8. 

LINK TO AUDIO


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Legacy of 1804 -- New Years Resolutions 2016 #LOF1804 #Haiti

 

Co-hosts Hugues Girard, Hans Roy and I reviewed 6 pivotal moments in 2016 last Friday and tonight at 9PM we draw lessons from those moments and come up with NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS FOR 2016.

What are the 6 key events?

1.   Evidence of US and Western Meddling in Haitian Elections in 2010 and 2015 -- From the Clinton Emails to Brazilian OAS Official Ricardo Seitenfus' tell-all Book to Opont's revelation to CEP member Ginette Chérubin's book, Le Ventre Pourri de la Bête. Leading up to what has been called the August 9th coup. 
2. The Apparent End of a US-Led Unipolar Word -- Signaled by Russia putting its foot down and opposing U.S. led regime-change in Syria. We go over how this all ties into Haiti. (Starts at top of second hour.)
3.  The Baltimore Protests and the rise of #BlackLivesMatter in the U.S.
4.  The Deportation of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent from the D.R. to Haiti
5.  Developments in the fight for non-GMO seed
6. The Rise of Co-operative Economics in the West and among Blacks in the U.S

 Listen LIVE or LATER at https://t.co/lIMrjJeccS. Listen and participate (LIVE ONLY) on the phone at (714) 242-6119.


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Legacy of 1804 with Dr. Philippe Lerebours #LOF1804 #Haiti

 

This Friday at 9PM join host artist Andre Juste as he interviews Dr. Philippe Lerebours on his life and legacy documenting Haitian art history.

Dr. Lerebours is the author of "Haiti et Ses Peintres de 1804 à 1980".  He has a doctorate in Art History from the Sorbonne University in Paris. In a career that spanned decades, he had many responsibilities, including director and curator of the Musée d’Art Haitien du Collège St. Pierre and Head of the National School of the Arts (ENARTS).

He was honored twice this past summer for his lifetime achievements by Haitian organizations in Queens and Brooklyn.

Host Andre Juste  is an artist and art writer evolving in the New York art scene whose work has been noted for defying stereotypes of Haitian art. He has contributed a chapter titled Haitian Art to Henry Louis Gates and Anthony Appiah's Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.

 Listen online live or archived at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/10/24/legacy-of-1804-with-dr-philippe-lerebours-haiti-lof1804. Listen (Live Only) on the phone at (714) 242-6119.

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Legacy of 1804 with Filmmaker Arnold Antonin #LOF1804 #Haiti

Join me this Friday (i.e. tonight!) at 9PM as I do my best to connect with filmmaker Arnold Antonin live from Haiti via Skype. This may be more daunting than usual given Digicel's recent attempt to do away with free VoIPs. If it doesn't work out we'll do a regular news and blog review and bring Mr. Antonin back on a different date. Wish us luck!

Arnold Antonin's new film on Frankétienne will premiere at St. Francis College in Brooklyn on 10/11. Find out more about his films and career on his website http://arnoldantoninfilms.com/ and on wikipedia.

Listen live or archived online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/10/03/legacy-of-1804-with-arnold-antonin-lof1804-haiti.  Listen on the phone at 714-242-6119.

Use the hashtag #lof1804 to comment/participate on Twitter during/after the show.

Listen to past shows on iTunes by searching "Legacy of 1804" or on this site under the LOF1804 tab.

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Legacy Of 1804 On Returning to Haiti After 30 Years #LOF1804 4/18 @9PM EA

 

 

 

 

Join me as I welcome Teddy Clermont who recently returned to Haiti after 30 years for My Haiti Travels' Impact Week Haiti 2014.

We'll ask Teddy what kept him from returning for so long and why he decided to take the trip.

Dina Simon of www.myhaititravels.com and Guerline Emmanuel who organize this and other trips t.o Haiti aimed at Haitians from the diaspora will join us as well.

Listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/04/19/legacy-of-1804-on-returning-to-haiti-after-30-years-lof1804 or on the phone at (323) 927-2913.

You can listen to past shows on iTunes by searching keywords 'Legacy of 1804'. Past shows are also available at http://www.kiskeacity.com/search/label/LOF1804. On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.

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Legacy of 1804 on "What Should It Mean to be Haitian in 2014"? #Haiti

Lawyer and blogger Pascal Robert will join us to talk about his latest Black Agenda Report piece: "What Should it Mean to be Haitian in 2014?"
http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/what-should-it-mean-be-haitian-2014

Emerging painter Jennifer Calvin will discuss her up and coming Miami Exhibit.
http://www.rawartists.org/jcalvin

Listen Online http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/01/25/legacy-of-1804-on-what-should-it-mean-to-be-haitian-in-2014-haiti or on the phone at (323) 927-2913.

You can listen to past shows on iTunes by searching keywords 'Legacy of 1804'. Past shows are also available at http://www.kiskeacity.com/search/label/LOF1804.

On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.

Theme song for the show is 'One Note Rara' from the album ‘Blues in Red’ courtesy of Buyu Ambroise and the Blues in Red Band.

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You can listen to past shows on iTunes by searching keywords 'Legacy of 1804'. Past shows are also available at http://www.kiskeacity.com/search/label/LOF1804.

On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.

Theme song for the show is 'One Note Rara' from the album ‘Blues in Red’ courtesy of Buyu Ambroise and the Blues in Red Band.

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You can listen to past shows on iTunes by searching keywords 'Legacy of 1804'. Past shows are also available at http://www.kiskeacity.com/search/label/LOF1804.

On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.

Theme song for the show is 'One Note Rara' from the album ‘Blues in Red’ courtesy of Buyu Ambroise and the Blues in Red Band.

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Check me out on BK Live for 210th Anniversary of #Haiti Independence

Check me out with Prof. Patrick Delices on BK Live last tuesday to talk about commemorating independence and mourning Jan 12, 2010.

Prof. Delices recently helped me dissect the Declaration of Independence on the first Legacy of 1804 of the year.


BK Live 1/7/14: Haitian Anniversaries from Brooklyn Independent Media on Vimeo.




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Legacy of 1804 #15 with guest Pascal Antoine #Haiti

Join me this Friday at 9 PM as I welcome France born and Brooklyn raised Pascal Antoine to discuss the nuts and bolts of his recent move to Haiti despite having no close relatives there.

Pascal Antoine is the founder of www.HaitiXchange.com, a multi-media website that features Haitian news and culture. He is a media entrepreneur, video editor, producer and voice-over actor. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was born in Paris, France and raised in Brooklyn New York by Haitian parents. He has recently decided to make Port-au-Prince, Haiti his home, following a lifelong desire to contribute to the country’s advancement from the source itself.

 Listen Online http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/01/11/legacy-of-1804-with-guest-pascal-antoine-haiti or on the phone at (323) 927-2913.

You can listen to past shows on iTunes by searching keywords 'Legacy of 1804'. Past shows are also available at http://www.kiskeacity.com/search/label/LOF1804.

On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.

Theme song for the show is 'One Note Rara' from the album ‘Blues in Red’ courtesy of Buyu Ambroise and the Blues in Red Band.

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LOF 1804 with Dr. Millery Polyne this Friday at 9PM Eastern

Join NYU Professor Millery Polyne and I this Friday at 9PM Eastern as we discuss his upcoming Diaspora in Dialogue conference (Oct 25th), the recent Dominican citizenship ruling as well as his latest book, The Idea of Haiti: Rethinking Crisis and Development. 

Millery Polyné is an Associate Professor at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. A graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in History, Millery’s teaching and research interests include the intellectual history of African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans in the 19th and 20th centuries. He is the author of From Douglass to Duvalier: U.S. African Americans, Haiti and Pan Americanism, 1870-1964 (University Press of Florida, 2010) and the editor of The Idea of Haiti: Rethinking Crisis and Development (University of Minnesota Press, 2013). 

You can listen to this installment of Legacy of 1804  directly on Blog Talk Radio at the link below or via phone at 323-927-2913.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2013/10/12/legacy-of-1804


Please call in at 323-927-2913 and ask questions while we have this live ressource on hand!

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LOF 1804 Show #1 with guest Katia Ulysse (AUDIO)

Here is the link to this amazing first Legacy of 1804 where Katia Ulysse talked about her blog Voices from Haiti and her forthcoming collection of short stories Drifting. 
 In  segment 2, I go over highlights in Haitian blogs this week, namely on cholera. I also go over my August blog post about how to deal with requests to donate money "for Haiti". 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2013/10/05/legacy-of-1804-with-katia-ulysse-lof1804

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Tune into *Legacy Of 1804* This Friday Oct. 4 at 9PM!

Katia D. Ulysse

Don't forget to join me for ☼Legacy of 1804☼ on Black Whole Radio on Friday, October 4 at 9PM Eastern as I interview Katia D. Ulysse from the blog Voices from Haiti on her new book Drifting and take your calls.  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2013/10/05/legacy-of-1804-with-katia-ulysse-lof1804

Nan Vandredi ki 4 Oktòb koute mwen nan Black Whole Radio a nevè nan aswè. Envite mwen se pral Katia Ulysse ki pral pale nou de nouvo liv li Drifting.
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VIDEO: Haiti Reporters interview Raoul Peck about his film "Mortal Assistance"

Raoul Peck is the internationally acclaimed Haitian director of such films as Lumumba, Man by the Shore and Moloch Tropical.

This interview with Port-au-Prince based young reporters about his latest film Assistance Mortelle (Mortal Assistance) which aired on French channel Arte this week and premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, is in French. I jotted down its key points in English while watching:

• "I wanted that we be the ones telling our story for a change, to turn the tables for a moment. What I see on the airwaves is the not the country I know. Haitians do not have a voice."
• "When asked why the aid is not working, "international" actors always say you can't trust Haitians, the Haitian state is weak. I had to break that litany of pretexts that prevents us from looking at the real problem."
• " Along its 60 year history and everywhere it goes (Africa, Latin America included), "Development Aid" is ultimately neither "aid" nor "development". Looking at many African countries, one has to ask, where is the evidence of success? Have the lives of these countries really changed, do those countries export more than before, are there less inequalities, is there less infant mortality?"
• "Aid" is deceptive because 40% of what is supposedly given is not spent in the supposed target country but in the donor country."
• "Had the Haitians within the CIRH/IRCH [Bill Clinton-led International Reconstruction Commission for Haiti] not been marginalized, they could have played a crucial role relaying information to the population and to the ministries both of which were kept at bay."
• Peck did the film out of the frustration of being in Haiti shortly after the earthquake and not being able to help because of the lack of coordination between various international actors who were ultimately there to serve their own interests first.

Can I go one step further Mr. Peck and say that ultimately the "aid", by functioning parallel to the Haitian government  and excluding it from "aid" coordination, ultimately weakens the very Haitian institutions it claims to bolster? 

VIDEO LINK:  http://ht.ly/k8PPK



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Who is Buyu Ambroise? Video by Richard Louissaint #Haiti #Jazz

Check out this video about Buyu Ambroise (@buyujazz) and his latest CD Jazzpora by Haitian-American photographer Richard Louissaint. Between takes of Buyu performing at La Caye in Brooklyn and Jazz Mobile in Harlem, poet and actress Michèle Voltaire Marcelin, singer Melanie Charles, vodou electronica artist Val Jeanty and drummer Allan Mednard all share a bit about the Buyu they know. 




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kiskeácity daily is out ! Commented edition for Sunday, Nov. 06, 2011 #Haiti #Bélizaire

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Today's edition is all videos. The two on the Bélizaire affair are below and contain commentary by parliament members Latortue and Joazil and by Manigat as well as Senator Benoît's rant about President Martelly's disregard for the rule of law. He refers to him as Sweet Micky adding "Carnival is in February!". 



Télé Image Spécial Bélizaire






Spécial Bélizaire - Benoît v. Sweet Micky








Other videos are:

• Carel Pèdre showcasing the various apple products with which he broadcasts his radio show from home. 
• Spot for Ralph Thamar's concert in P-au-P on Nov. 11.
• Metro Newz for Thursday mostly on the Bélizaire affair. (Click on YouTube in Headlines Section.) 

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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Wednesday, Sep. 07, 2011 #Haiti #Minustah #Football #Jacmel

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Highlights


UN Rape Scandal

• Youth who leaked video receiving threats. (HPN) FR
• Uruguay apologizes. (Radio Kiskeya, BBC) FR, EN
• More and more talk of withdrawal of UN troops and specifically Brazil explicitely mobilizing for withdrawal, saying mission has run its course. FR
• Big decision day on the future of MINUSTAH  tomorrow as relevant authorities from several South American countries meet on the topic. (Haiti Libre) FR 
• Four perpetrators repatriated. (HPN) FR

From blogs and social media

MediaHacker interviews the two youth who managed to capture the UN rape video via bluetooth and leaked it to media. EN

Vague du Futur blog announces an exhibit of photographs of students from Francophone countries at the FOKAL offices in Port-au-Prince co-sponsored by Agence Universitaire Francophone (AUF). (Arts and entertainment tab) FR

www.culture509.com highlights 20 years of cooperation between Jacmel and french city Strasbourg. FR

Haiti-based Jean-Marc Tribié (@jmtribie on Twitter) posted the below picture of plywood being transported by foot in Bourdon. 

Other topics 

• Judicious editiorial in NYT by Haitian writer Isabelle Dupuy on the explosion of disaster tourism to Haiti and its translation in French by HPN. (EN in Society tab and FR in Headlines) 
• Soccer victory against Curaçao. (#Footbal tab) FR
• Jacmel's recovery a success. (Google) EN
• Haitian youth on their way to South America targeted by traffickers.(HPN) FR 
• Dominican president meets with UN representative on Haitian refugees and stateless Dominicano-Haitians. (Dominican Today) EN 
• And more!

kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Friday, Aug. 26, 2011

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Highlights

Headlines -

Digicel refusing interconnection with Natcom, in contrast with Voilà. (www.haitilibre.com). (See interview with Voilà CEO Padberg on the topic in Metro Newz of today below.)

More details on the continued conflict between Martelly and Parliament heads on the procedure to choose a Prime Minister. (www.haitilibre.com)


From the blogs -

Haiti - Cyrus Sibert of Réseau Citadelle deplores the fact that Martelly has been put on the defensive by Parliament and offers theories on who is pulling the strings in the background. (Headlines)

Trinidad - Global Voices offers a social media review of the debate around the state of emergency. Gerard Best looks at how the price of rice in Trinidad may lead to increased local production of fibery roots. (Headlines)

Video -
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Jamaican arts activist Dutty Bookman talks about his new memoir.






Haiti-based Metro Newz for yesterday covers:

•  the aftermath of Irene: two have now been found dead because of the overflow of a normally dry ravine; 
• MINUSTAH saying the only report they recognize on the cholera issue is their own;
• update on camp population: 60% have left;
• footage of Voilà's CEO talking at a TPTC commission hearing about his company's cooperation with Natcom on interconnection contrary to Digicel. 

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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 #HAITI #BLOG

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News -
Irene rundown. (www.haitilibre.com)

From the blogs -

Blog Carel La was chock full tidbits regarding Miss Haiti Universe (two videos of her in Brazil and a long audio interview), the Digicel Stars music contest (various videos) and a preview of the legendary Zèklè's new song. (See #Haiti tab.)









Rapadoo Observateur offers a rant about color politics in the Haitian Senate (i.e. the showdown opposing Jacmel/Sud-Est representatives Edo Zenny and Joseph Lambert). (Politics tab)

Sitwayen Ayiti/Citizen Haiti surveys the various summer beauty pageants in Haiti. (Headlines tab)

Video -

Aside from the Miss Haiti videos to be found in Blog Carel La, there is the daily Metro Newz clip by Télé Métropole. Topics are as follows.

The outcome of category 2 storm  Irene's passage in Haiti includes flooding in the North, a landslide in the Northeast, rains all over the country and and overflow of Trois-Rivières river.

Martelly is in negotiations to install some ministers despite being out of a Prime Minister. Many lawmakers are deeming the move unconstitutional while others are studying the matter.

Martelly's party Repons Peyizan is calling on Parliament to collaborate with the President on designating a PM.

Civil Society representatives decry the prime minister crisis.





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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011

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Former presidential candidate Mirlande Manigat breaks her silence and weighs in on Martelly's education plan which she deems unrealistic. She also has some terse advice for the President on how he should handle a parliament he does not control. (See Metro News Aug. 9 video.)

Also: opening of application period for Yele's hotel studies training, IDB's $11 million fund for small and mid-sized business and yesterday's Cardicis3 newsletter about information and communications technologies (ICTs) in the Caribbean contains interesting news about Blackberrys and teachers in Jamaica.








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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Friday, Aug. 05, 2011

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Highlights


Emily - Port-au-Prince was spared thanks to its mountains. View photos and the full account in today's issue.

From the blogs - Ekspoze! declares Lavalas over. Toussaint on Haiti does not believe that kicking people out of IDP camps solves the housing problem.

Videos - Several stories from August 1's Metro News are still current including Martelly's speech for Technology Week. HaitiXChange visited Haitian fashionista and maker of Vèvè bags Phelicia Dell at her Port-au-Prince workshop. Lastly, there are just a few days left to help veteran Haitian filmmaker Richard Sénécal meet his fundraising goal for his fascinating documentary Malpasse on Haitian students in the Dominican Republic. View the trailer and donate via the link in today's issue.








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