Legacy of 1804 | CNN's Vodou Documentary | Was it a Hack Job? #LOF1804

This Friday night at 9PM, join a manbo, an ordained minister, a philosopher and me for a spirited discussion about CNN's recent documentary on Haitian vodou

9-9:30  > Pawol ak Mizik Opening segment: Paul Beaubrun on being a Beaubrun, the state of the mizik rasin, his tour with Lauryn Hill, his latest album and his future plans

9:30 - 11 > Guests for vodou discussion: GwetoDe Manbo Fabiola Abellard | Dr. Celucien Joseph, ordained minister and theologian| Dr. Paul Mocombe, author of The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism

Articles/Media to be discussed:

By Dr. Celucien Joseph:

http://www.lunionsuite.com/vodou-not-country-haiti-not-religion/

By Dr. Jerry Gilles and Yvrose Gilles:

http://bookmanlit.com/editorialsletters/reponspoucnnsouvodou.html (kreyol)

http://bookmanlit.com/editorialsletters/responsetocnnvodou.html (english)

CNN | Believer | Reza Aslan | Vodou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NIqsAluX64

Listen live at the player below  or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2017/05/06/legacy-of-1804-cnn-vodou-documentary-was-it-a-hack-job-lof1804. You can also listen live only on the phone at 714-242-6119.




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POST-SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:


Paul Beaubrun was not able to join us but we played his music and will welcome him live soon. There were so many reactions to Dr. Joseph's article that we focused only on that and will reconvene to discuss Dr. Gilles' article on a later show.

Topics:

The extent of the christianity of the Kongo Kingdom before the transatlantic slave trade, given that a significant proportion of Haitians' ancestors came from the Kongo kingdom. Dr. Mocombe and Manbo Fabiola took exception to Dr. Lou's assertions that all the Kongos who came to Haiti were catholic. Rather, Dr. Mocombe believes that only their elites had converted to Christianity. |  We also discussed the incessant persecution of vodouyizan in Haiti by the Catholic church initially and now by evangelical christians and the white supremacist ideology that fuels that persecution.|  Dr. Mocombe and Manbo Fabiola also took exception to Dr. Joseph's assertion that Christianity and Islam are as ancestral to Haitians as is Vodou. | The issue of mental health in relation to vodou and to the perception of vodou by authorities in North America came up as well.

Legacy of 1804 | Wikipedia Day NY and #Wikiindaba17 #LOF1804

Join host Alice of www.kiskeacity.com as she shares clips and insights from her recent attendance of Wikipedia Day NYC and of the Wiki Indaba 2017 Conference in Accra, Ghana. (One of the interviews played on the show will be in French with a translation provided afterward.)

Includes short clips of:

• Linda Fletcher, Afrocrowd member, on documenting activism -- Wikipedia Day 2017
• Dominique Eliane, Wikipedian from Côte d'Ivoire -- Wiki Indaba 2017
• Alice B., Afrocrowd founder, on multilingual aspects of Wikipedia -- Wikipedia Day 2017
• Felix Nartey, wikipedian and Founder of Open Foundation West Africa, Organizer of Wiki Indaba 2017, Opening remarks -- Wiki Indaba 2017

See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.


The show will stream live here at kiskeacity.com or you can listen at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2017/01/21/legacy-of-1804-wikipedia-day-ny-and-wikiindaba17-lof1804 or on the phone at 714-242-6119.









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Legacy of 1804 with Sokari Ekine #LOF1804 #Haiti #Nigeria

This Friday at 9PM,  join me as I welcome photographer Sokari Ekine of blacklooks.org to discuss her photo exhibit Spirit Desire inspired by her journey through Haiti and its spirituality as a journalist, educator, IDP Camp volunteer and mobile clinic attendant. The exhibit opens at Calabar Gallery in Harlem on January 25, 2017.

Sokari is a Nigerian activist, writer and photographer whose work and writing is engaged with pan-Africanist, anti-imperialist, femnist and environmental politics — in both Haiti and Nigeria. She has written for academic journals, anthologies and news publications including Pambazuka News, Feminist Africa and New Internationalist and she is the editor of Blood and Oil: Testimonies of Violence from Women of the Niger Delta, SMS Uprising: Mobile Phone Activism in Africa, and with Firoze Manji, African Awakening: The Emerging Revolutions.


You can listen online at kiskeacity.com, at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2016/12/10/legacy-of-1804-with-sokari-ekine-lof1804-haiti-nigeria or on the phone at 714-242-6119.




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Legacy of 1804 with Archippe Yepmou #LOF1804 #Beethoven

Was Beethoven Black? Musician, songwriter and composer Archippe Yepmou shares his research.
Listen LIVE or archived at http://tobtr.com/s/6940633 or at 323-927-2913.

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Legacy of 1804 on #Selebrasyon Finale #LOF1804 #Haiti #Brooklyn

Tonight's Legacy of 1804 is an adventure as I attend the Lakay se Lakay Haitian electronica summit at Selebrasyon! and interview Haiti-based DJ Gardy Girault and hopefully other DJs present.

Find out more about the event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/636945869707387/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Panelists are Sabine Blaizin, Val Jeanty, Richard Earthman Laurent, DeepJust Aquabeat, Marjory Smarth, and Gardy Girault.

There will be performances by:
Marjory Smarth
DJ Hard Hittin Harry

Check out this article by OkayAfrica on Sabine Blaizin and on Haitian electronica/KonpaTech/RaraTech:
http://www.okayafrica.com/news/haiti-deep-house-dj-sabine-blaizin/?utm_content=buffered615&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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UPDATE: SHOW AUDIO

Interviewed: Gardy Girault, creator of Port-au-Prince's No Passport party, journalist and podcaster Ayinde Jean-Baptiste and journalist Manolia Charlotin.

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Legacy of 1804 Haiti News and Blog Review #LOF1804

Join Black Agenda Report contributor Pascal Robert and me this Friday at 9PM as we discuss news stories of relevance to Haitians. This week we focus on the latest WSJ article on the Clintons and Haiti, Boko Haram and colonialism in Nigeria, mortgage fraud allegations agaisnt North Miami Mayor Lucie Tondreau and more.

I also remind you of hot events this Memorial Day Weekend weekend by Haiti Cultural Exchange and La Caye.

Articles being discussed:

Governor suspends North Miami mayor over mortgage fraud charges - North Miami / NMB - MiamiHerald.com http://ht.ly/x8Bol


Mary O'Grady: Bill, Hillary and the Haiti Debacle - WSJ.com http://ht.ly/x8BN1

How Colonialism Benefits from Boko Haram's Mass Kidnapping of Girls | nsnbc international http://ht.ly/x8BBC

Listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/05/24/legacy-of-1804-haiti-news-and-blog-review 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 with Bookman Lit #Haiti #LOF1804

Join me this Friday at 9PM  as I chat with Dr. Jerry Gilles and Yvrose Gilles of www.bookmanlit.com.

Doctor Jerry M. Gilles and Yvrose Gilles are co-editors of Bookmanlit.com a site that promotes study of Haitian-African culture. They have written several books and articles and have lectured at universities and museums. They have appeared on radio and television programs to talk about various aspects of Haitian History and Religion. Their most recent books include Bicentennial: Haiti's Gift to the World and Remembrance: Roots, Rituals, and Reverence in Vodou.

Doctor Jerry M. Gilles, specializes in High Risk Obstetrics. He graduated from Columbia University and obtained his doctorate in Medicine at the SUNY at Stony Brook.

Ms. Gilles obtained her undergraduate degree from Barnard College of Columbia University and obtained a Master of Science degree at Teacher's College of Columbia University. By family tradition, Ms. Gilles is descendant of both Dahomey and Kongo. By genetic analysis, she is also descendant of the Mede people of the Ivory Coast.

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Legacy of 1804 with Dr. Jemima Pierre (@BLK_DIASPORAS) Friday 12/13 9PM EST! (Show #11)

Join me as I discuss the Dominican Citizenship ruling with Dr. Jemima Pierre, a professor at Vanderbilt University who penned "The Dominican Republic Hates Black People" on the Black Agenda Report.
http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/dominican-republic-hates-black-people

JEMIMA PIERRE (Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin) is an anthropologist with research focused on ideologies and practices of race and its relationship to global structures of power in Africa and the African diaspora.

She has extensive ethnographic research experience in Ghana, Haiti, and among Black immigrant communities in the U.S. and is the author of 'The Predicament of Blackness: Postcolonial Ghana and the Politics of Race'.

Dr. Pierre was born in Gros, Morne, Haiti, and grew up in Miami, Florida.

Listen Online http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio 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 under LOF 1804 tab at www.kiskeacity.com.

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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UPDATE 12/14: SHOW AUDIO

We had a great show and discussed not only the DR and Haiti but also other articles by Dr. Pierre about South Africa, Africa and decolonization and the Clinton factor in Haiti.

Check out these articles:

Reconciliation is Not Decolonization | Black Agenda Report -  http://ht.ly/rLrpC

 Bill Clinton Loves Haiti | Black Agenda Report - http://ht.ly/rLrvq

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Legacy of 1804 with guests Dowoti Désir and Katleen Felix this Thursday at 5PM

This Thursday a 5PM I welcome Manbo Dowoti Désir in the first hour. We will be discussing the Gede tradition in Haiti as well as her involvement with reparations for slavery. We will also be discussing the recriminalization of Haitian Vodou in the latest amendment to the Haitian Constitution and the cutting of the mapou tree at Bwa Kayiman by foreign missionaries or affiliates.

Dowoti Désir is a Manbo Asogwe and a scholar of Haitian Vodou. She is the Founder and President of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Watch Group (www.ddpawatchgroup.info). She utilizes interfaith exchanges and cultural diplomacy to facilitate better understanding of AfroAtlantic spiritual systems in the global North. She has written extensively about the contemporary and sacred arts of the African Diaspora, its religions and sociopolitical issues impacting the global African community. Her book, 'Wòch Kase wòch: Redlining a Holocaust, Memorials and the People of the AfroAtlantic,' focusing on the right to memory, the built environment, and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, will be available in 2014. She is a graduate of Barnard College and has a Master's degree from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.

In the second hour we will chat with Katleen Felix of Zafèn and Fonkoze about the Association of Haitian Professionals conference taking place this weekend.

Katleen Félix is an international Consultant holding a Master’s degree in International Finance and Management from HEC Montreal. Katleen Felix has been the Haitian Diaspora Liaison for Fonkoze (www.fonkoze.org) for the past 6 years, where she was responsible of research and development of new remittance products or initiatives, financial literacy programs for new immigrants, training and capacity-building for Haitian Hometown Associations (HHTAs), project reporting and donor relations. Her most recent project is the launch of Zafen (www.zafen.org ) a new crowd funding website for small-and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and social enterprises in Haiti. She has designed the pilot “Remittance for Business” which trained over 300 people in Haiti and in the Haitian Diaspora.

This show will re-air Friday night at 9pm usual time. 



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Kiskeacity mentioned in 9/13 Journal of African American Studies

"The blogosphere offers yet another example of transnational Black Nationalist expression. Usually created by highly educated individuals residing in the USA or Europe, a number of African and Caribbean blogs have surfaced on the Internet. As illustrated by Christophe Celius' Rapadoo Observateur and Alice Backer's kiskeácity, these blogs function as “virtual embassies” of the nation, providing critical information on politics, society, and culture. They also serve as a rallying force for the Diaspora, informing them about local events such as concerts, film festivals, or community functions celebrating an event or holiday from their native land. Last but not least, they promote economic development by informing the Diaspora and any virtual visitors about possibilities in their respective homeland. In many ways, this form of transnational Black Nationalism is a reaction to the social and political forces that led to the uprooting or “diasporization” of Caribbean and African people in the USA. Indeed, if unstable sociopolitical conditions and dire economic circumstances often forced Caribbean and African people to reside in the USA and other Western countries, these very conditions do not preclude them from participating in their homeland's political and socioeconomic affairs. In fact, one may argue that it stim- ulates interaction with the homeland, making the virtual world a much necessary medium to participate in the affairs and development of the sending society. Thus, the virtual world operates as an extension of the nation, offering the Caribbean and continental African Diaspora in the USA the much-desired opportunity to participate in the nation-building process."

A “New” Black Nationalism in the USA and France by Dr. Felix Germain http://ht.ly/pPlhe JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, Volume 17, Number 3, September 2013


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Interviewing Saul Williams on His New Film Tey (Today) Tonight at 7 on Creatively Speaking On the Air

Join me tonight at 7 as I interview SLAM star Saul Williams on his new film Tey (Today). The film's US theatrical run premieres at MIST Harlem on October 6. 

Link to tune in to the show: 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio
(If you get this update too late to catch the show live check my twitter @kiskeacity, or my facebook for the link.)

Check out the website and press release for the film: http://teytoday.tumblr.com/


Get tickets to the premiere screening:
http://www.myimagestudios.com/event/details/877/tey-today--nyc-movie-premier

Tey makes its U.S. premiere following acclaimed screenings at film festivals around the world, premiering in Berlin in 2012. Tey has traveled to over 50 festivals internationally and has won over two dozen prizes including Seattle International’s Emerging Masters Award for best director; Del Primio CittaVenezia Award at the Venice Film Festival; and the Golden Stallion at FESPACO for best film and best actor – a first for Senegal and a first for an American actor. Tey is released by BelleMoon Productions a San Francisco based company. The film will be available in selected theaters around the U.S., October 6th - November 6th, 2013. The U.S. premiere and theatrical run is at MIST Harlem.The film will make its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York’s MIST Harlem Cinema on Sunday, October 6th in partnership with the Creatively Speaking Film Series.


Tey is a powerful fairy tale. In a village outside Dakar, the gods, the stars, or destiny, have spoken — Satché must die by the end of the day. A countdown to his transition, it is a reverse journey to birth – a joyous celebration feted by his community, as if he were a saint. Chosen to disappear, Satché soon finds himself set apart from those closest to him, in beautiful scenes that seek to show those elements of friendship, desire, sadness, affection and anger that are usually left unsaid.


Saul Williams was born in 1972 in Newburgh, New York. He is one of the most well known figures of the hip-hop generation as a poet, actor, rapper, singer and musician. He is recognized for his blend of slam poetry and hip-hop and for his leading role in the film Slam, Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 1998.

 


ABOUT CREATIVELY SPEAKING Creatively Speaking is a monthly curated film series offering a diverse forum that highlights independent film by and/or about people of color.
http://www.creativelyspeaking.tv/home/



Post-Show Update:

Here is the show! Enjoy! 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2013/09/25/creatively-speaking-tm-on-the-air-9413

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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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Africa: Mali and CAR Demystified in 4 Paragraphs

"The insurgents have the most modern weaponry. They seized the weapons when France and its NATO allies destroyed Muammar al-Quathafi's government in Libya, freeing up large arsenal of arms to any armed militia that could carry them away. So France is trying to clean up a mess it helped create.

Even if the insurgents are pushed back, France and its NATO allies may not be in a position for long-term commitment to Mali's security -- at some point France will withdraw, especially if the conflict starts affecting Hollande's political fortunes back home.

France is not committing armed forces in Mali out of the goodness of President Francois Hollande's heart. Mali will have to pay, probably with resource concessions -- the leadership will also become even more beholden to France for years to come. Empire never works for free. 

There are many hidden hands fueling the conflict in Mali. Two years ago the United States sent Rangers supposedly to hunt for Joseph Kony, the Lord's Resistance Army leader.  Why no update on this hunt? What have the U.S. forces been doing as the Seleca rebels marched towards Bangui?"



 Source: Africa: The Empire Strikes Again http://ht.ly/gSRc4 Black Star News





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Presidential Politics and The Global African Community 11/7 Columbia U.

UPDATE NOV. 7: CANCELLED for tonight because of inclement weather. New date to be announced soon.

I will be going back to my alma mater  tomorrow Wednesday to speak about US presidential politics, Haiti and the global African community. This will be my first visit to the Malcolm X Lounge in 16 years!


Post presidential election panel discussion
Hosted by the Caribbean Students Association
Columbia University, NYC
Wednesday, Nov. 7  from 9-11pm.
Hamilton Hall
Malcolm X Lounge
Moderator: 
Patrick Délices

Panelists:
Brandon Brice
Vince Morgan
Basil Smikle Jr.
Alice Backer 

(Please click on each panelist's name for more info.)

 

















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Speaking at Columbia U. (11/7) and at HSA 2012 at York College (11/10) next week

I'll be speaking at two panels next week. I hope to see you there!
(Please  stay tuned to my twitter @kiskeacity for exact room locations and links.)

Panel 1

"Presidential Politics and The Global African Community"
Post presidential election panel discussion
Caribbean Students Association
Columbia University, NYC
Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 7-9pm. from 9-11pm. [UPDATED]
Hamilton Hall
Malcolm X Lounge
Moderator: Patrick Délices
Other panelists:
Brandon Brice, Vince Morgan, Basil Smikle Jr.
I will be called on to speak about Obama and Haiti during the past 4 years.

UPDATE NOV. 7: CANCELLED for tonight because of inclement weather. New date to be announced soon.

Panel 2

"Haiti and the new media: From Blogosphere to Twittersphere"
Annual Haitian Studies Association conference 
York College, Queens NY
Saturday Nov. 10 from 9-10:15am
Chair: Régine Jean Charles, Boston College
Other panelists:
Gina Ulysse, Wesleyan University
Thomas Spear, Graduate Center, CUNY
Shadine Menard, Haitian International Pulse Magazine
Nadève Ménard, Université d’État d’Haiti







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kiskeácity daily is out ! Commented edition for Thursday, Sep. 15, 2011 #Haiti #Minustah #DigicelStars

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From the blogs

• Sonje Ayiti shares Donna Karan's latest collection, which is supposedly inspired by Haiti. Renowned Haitian painter Philippe Dodard provided some consulting on the collection. But as Nadine Mondestin (@zeklearts) wrote me: "Nice collection. Don't see the Haiti. Haiti is so not earth tones." Couldn't agree more. This collection is yet another indication that Haiti is the hot cause marketing trend. Bleh.

• Vague du Futur, a Fokal  and Droits et Democratie sponsored youth leadership project, blogs the ins and outs of its 2011 summer camp in Hinche.

• Love Haiti argues that Bill Clinton is Haiti's real president while Martelly is merely a lame duck puppet. 

Video

The 9 videos included in this edition make it quite media heavy. Yesterday was that kind of a day on Haitian YouTube!

• Blogger and radio talk show Carel Pedre's channel (PedreCarel) has been posting segments of his TV show Digicel Stars. In today's media section, you will find 3 clips  of the Cap-Haitien and Gonaïves contests but feel free to peruse the channel which offers many more segments. The judges (Man Lolo a.k.a. Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassègue, Alex Abellard and Michael Benjamin) and contestants alike are hilarious and the following clip is the funniest I have seen this season:

• Télé Image's channel offers some great reporting by host Valério St-Louis about the MINUSTAH rape scandal. There are 5 clips in the media section of the paper. From the multi-segment interview with MINUSTAH spokesperson Eliana Nabaa, we learn that the victim's mother has received threats, that the Uruguayans themselves are in charge of the investigation about the rape and that contrary to what many papers reported, the four rapists are still in Haiti!!! There is also an interview with a Haitian legal specialist explaining what can be done on the legal front. Apparently, the immunity of the MINUSTAH troops only applies when they are furthering their peace keeping duties, which they were not in this case. Below is the clip of the demonstration in Port-Salut featuring an interview with the mayor and with Senator Youri Latortue among others:

In the news

• Anti-MINUSTAH demo in Champ de Mars yesterday quelled by Haitian police. (HPN, Headlines section.)

Photo by Etant Dupain of Champ de Mars demo yesterday.

• Former military march in Delmas. (HPN, Headlines section) 


• If two marches were not enough in one day, pro-Martelly demonstrators demanded delegate positions promised by their candidate. (Alterpresse, Headlines section.) 


• And more including the PM crisis and catty assertions against Angolan Miss Universe Leila Lopes by Miss France.  

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Haiti - Letter from ex-presidential candidate Dr. Bijou to Martelly with specific recommendations on education at the eve of the back to school season. (Does she see signs that Martelly will not be able to deliver on his promises on education?)


Caribbean -  All from www.mnialive.com: DeVry institute just purchased a medical school in the Caribbean. Scholarship fund for Caribbean filmmakers. Rihanna criticized by African-American blogs for her dancing at Bajan carnival. (Have they seen Beyoncé's  videos lately? Or even Rihanna's own morbid Disturbia video? Is it okay ONLY when heavily commodified? Puh-leeze. What about the fact that cropover and the dancing that goes along with it is a long-standing cultural tradition in her native Barbados, the point well made in www.mnialive.com's article?) 

From the blogs - Just added a haiti-based blog on culture www.culture509.com and a Haiti-based blog by a Haitian repatriate  Pale Avè'm... Talk to Me to my aggregator of Haitian blogs http://haitianbloggers.collected.info/. Two articles from www.culture509.com are posted in the newsletter, one on Azor and one on Clarens Fortuné, both of whom are Haitian cultural vectors who recently passed away. Funny article from Global Voices on a Zambian site.


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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Wednesday, Aug. 03, 2011

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Highlights 


Tropical Storm Emily -   Forecast Map by the Miami Herald.

Haitian Politics and Culture - Recent IDB grants for electricity and an industrial park in the North of Haiti. (Am a little confused - weren't the Koreans going to do that?) More on the national conference on culture that took place in Port-au-Prince last week. Women and Haitian football.

From the blogs -  Rapadoo Observateur weighs in on the UN mission's responsibility in the cholera epidemic. Geoffrey Philps announces that The Caribbean Writer welcomes submissions to its next edition.

Technology - Indigenous languages and Global Voices' new site in Aymara. Opening bank accounts with mobile apps in South Africa.


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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2011

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Topics:

Haiti - Martelly claims there was an attempt on his life in the North, no prime minister this week, women in Parliament, crackdown on Filipinos being trafficked to Haiti under false pretenses, Wikileaks reveals US pressured Fernandez to fire former ambassador to Haiti.

Technology- Controversy over the new so-called Congolese tablet PC: is it in fact made in China? Also, a new network aims to digitally integrate Caribbean institutions.

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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2011

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Lots on Creole whether Haitian (Boston Globe), Jamaican (from the blog of Annie Paul) or Swiss-German;  more on Martelly and the CIRH as well as his tourism week tour, his visit to the North where he was attacked and the parliamentary/prime minister crisis including a plea by members of French parliament and Haitian industrialists to reach a consensus; death of a deputy. Nafissatou Diallo's first public appearance caught my eye as well.

The interesting blog posts are under the #Haiti tag. Topics include: Creoles and education in Haiti, Jamaica and Switzerland, a view of P-au-P, library updates by the Bibliothèques sans Frontières blog, upcoming Port-au-Prince arts and entertainment events including a conference on Jean Price-Mars as well as a letter by Haitians in Guadeloupe decrying the Haitian consulate there and OGLHaiti's upcoming radio show on the Haitian environment.

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