Legacy of 1804 | Musician Keb, Filmmaker Will Prosper, Strike Leader Dominique St-Eloi #LOF1804

Join me this Friday night at 9PM for an amazing lineup on Legacy of 1804.

This is a pre-recorded show as I am receiving a cultural preservation award from the Afrolatino Festival on Friday night.

In segment one, we listen to Jafrikayiti interview Montréal-based Haitian artist Keb (Kebert Bastien) on why he considers it his duty to reflect and amplify important Haitian political issues in his music. (Kreyòl)) They are joined in the segment by Haitian-Canadian filmmaker Will Prosper to discuss his activism in Montreal on behalf of Pierre Coriolan, a mentally ill Haitian Canadian who was recently gunned down by the police in his home. (Fr.ançais)

In segment two, we hear Dahoud André of Eritye Papa Desalin interview Haitian labor leader Dominique St-Eloi on where the labor strikes in Haiti and their demands stand. (Kreyòl)


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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 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 Andre Juste #LOF1804 #Haiti #Art

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 will be honored this Sunday September 27th at La Caye in Brooklyn  during Agape Littéraire for Philippe Lerebours organized by Le Monde de L'Éducation et de la Communication Culturelle from 4-7PM. Find RSVP and more details.

Host Andre Juste  is an artist and art critic 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/2015/09/26/legacy-of-1804-with-dr-philippe-lerebours-lof1804-haiti-art. Listen (Live Only) on the phone at (714) 242-6119.



UPDATE: SHOW AUDIO

Dr. Philippe Lerebours was ill and could not join us but he has been rescheduled for Friday October 23rd.

I ended up interviewing artist Andre Juste about recent shows of Haitian art in Paris, France: "Haiti: Deux Siècles de Création Artistique" at the Grand Palais and Hervé Télémaque at the Centre Pompidou. See the live tweet recap below.

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Legacy of 1804 with Dawomey Constant #LOF1804

Join me tonight as I welcome  mixed media artist and craftsman Dawomey Constant. Dawomey uses sand, copper, aluminum and leather in his pieces. He is currently exposing at La Caye BK in Brooklyn.

Cho aswè-a ap an Kreyòl.

Listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/06/06/legacy-of-1804-haiti-news-and-blog-review-lof1804 or on the phone at (714) 242-6119.  (This is a rebroadcast from December 2014 so there will be no call-ins.)

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Legacy of 1804 with Dawomey Constant #LOF1804

Join me tonight as I welcome  mixed media artist and craftsman Dawomey Constant. Dawomey uses sand, copper, aluminum and leather in his pieces. He is currently exposing at La Caye BK in Brooklyn.

Cho aswè-a ap an Kreyòl.

Listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/12/27/legacy-of-1804-with-dawomey-constant or call in at 323-927-2013.

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Legacy of 1804 with Gelan Lambert, Haitian Flag Day and Selebrasyon! #LOF1804

This Friday at 9PM, I  welcome Gelan Lambert, a Haitian-American dancer and cast member of Fela on Broadway who is planning a middle passage-themed dance concert to debut at the end of the year. But first you will have an opportunity to see him during Selebrasyon!, a six week festival of Haitian culture taking place in NYC from May 18th to June 30.

We will also discuss Haitian Flag Day activities including Selebrasyon! opening night and Haitian Flag Day kickoff.

For the full calendar of Selebrasyon! events: http://haiticulturalx.org/selebrasyon

Listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/05/17/legacy-of-1804-with-gelan-lambert-haitian-flag-day-and-selebrasyon or on the phone at (323) 927-2913.

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Legacy of 1804 #23 with Haiti Cultural Exchange #LOF1804

Join me this Friday at 9PM on Legacy of 1804  as I welcome Régine Roumain and Kassandra Khalil of Haiti Cultural Exchange to discuss Selebrasyon, New York's celebration of Haitian art and culture, a festival showcasing dance, film, literature & spoken word, music, and visual art! www.haiticulturalx.org

Listen Online http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/03/15/legacy-of-1804-with-haiti-cultural-exchange-selebrasyon-lof1804 or on the phone at (323) 927-2913.

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Legacy of 1804 #21 #Haiti News and Blog Review with Mahalia Stines #LOF1804

Join me as I review recent Haiti and diaspora news and current affairs and welcome flash guest Mahalia Stines on her March 8 vèvè painting workshop at Haiti Cultural Exchange.

Mahalia Stines is a Haitian-American designer based in Brooklyn NY. She is a multi disciplinary designer who draws inspiration from both her native land and her hometown. She describes her work as "Brooklyn meets the Tropics".


Articles we are discussing:

The Problem With Little White Girls (and Boys) — Culture Club — Medium -  http://ht.ly/tSDIU

Evo Morales prudent face à certaines ONG -- Marc VANDEPITTE -  http://ht.ly/tGoVW

Nathalie Rothschild, Haiti: an all-singing, all-dancing, celebrity disaster http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/8009#.UwPt0Z1On4Y

Plus Ile-à-Vache update with Hugues Girard. (Check out his YouTube page under his name.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6vmjpj9CMQ

We Have an Anti-imperialist Obligation to the People of Haiti | Black Agenda Report -  http://ht.ly/tSGvY

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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.

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From the blogs

Tande reviews the haitian-authored book Refonder Haiti?  (FR)

Caracas-based Balanced Melting Pot celebrates the holidays.

Ekspoze which I usually quote on politics, weighs in on controversial statements by Kreyòl La singer Ti-Joe Zenny. Also in music, www.culture509.com announces a duet between Haitian singer Jean Jean Roosevelt and Guadeloupean songstress Krysstal  as well as Oprah Winfrey's upcoming visit  to record a show (FR).

The Haiti Cultural Exchange blog offers accounts of the latest An n' Pale Café Conversation with Haiti-based author Evelyne Trouillot.

Rapadoo Observateur reports on growing solidarity with Haiti in Latin-American and other countries towards ending the UN military presence. 

The Haitian Queen provides updates on Trinidad & Tobago carnival 2012.


MNI Alive's list of Caribbean superfoods includes coconut and its oil, a multi-purpose health and nutrition elixir I have coincidentally been experimenting with.  Excellent skin and hair moisturizer, dental hygiene aid and cooking oil!


In the News

Haitian tourism minister at Miami arts festival and end to arms embargo. (Haiti Libre)

kiskeácity daily is out ! Commented edition for Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 #Haiti

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Highlights

Politics
Parliament demands Martelly apology for Bélizaire debacle.
International conference in Cap-Haitian about MINUSTAH withdrawal. (Alterpresse)  (My most retweeted post today!)

Arts and Culture
Theater fest organized by Fokal.
Haitian recycled art exhibit  in Paris.


From the blogs
Ilio Durandis on volunteering in Léogane. (CaribJournal)


Videos
Miss Haiti has a reunion in New York with Miss Universe (Angola) and Miss Jamaica.
Monday's Metro News  with a focus on Martelly's latest declarations on the creation of a new defense force and reactions by MOCHRENA and former general Assédius Saint-Louis. (See below.)
More Digicel Stars.











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kiskeácity daily is out ! Editions of Thursday, Aug.18 and Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011

La Troupe Makandal at Pwezi Anba Tonèl last night in Brooklyn.
A Haiti Cultural Exchange event.

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Highlights

Mayor of Les Cayes says he was bypassed by President in organizing Gelée Festival. (Nouvelliste)
The Bwa Kayiman ceremony revisited by www.culture509.com blog.
Climate change and Caribbean tourism. (Caribbean Journal)

Plus:
Wyclef Jean conversion and back to school preparations in Haiti.
Video of Metro News for Aug. 17th.

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Highlights


Delay of a month in back to school date for Haitian children. (Radio Peyizan quoted by Réseau Citadelle)
Trinidad Cement Limited plant to settle in Varreux in partnership with Haitian company Win Group. (www.haitilibre.com)

From the Blogs -
Meteyo and Citizen Haiti/Sitwayen Ayiti warn of upcoming tropical storm Irene which may hit Haiti Monday night.
C'est plutôt ça Haiti posts a video of plays by Haitian  Belfort for his French soccer team.

Video -
Promotional clip for Brooklynites Lamar Bailey and Pascale Boucicaut's Yemanja restaurant in Panama.
Haitian diaspora photographer Sydney Etienne is currently in Haiti and offers shots under the rubric Beautiful Haiti.

Photos and Music -
Under the #Haiti tab: Blog Carel La posts Presteej track and ocean landscape.

Yours truly's twitpic shots of Pwezi Anba Tonèl last night on the sidewalk of Five Myles Gallery in Brooklyn. Performers included La Troupe Makandal and poets Michèle Voltaire Marcelin, Denisé Lauture who read the famous poem Guinée by Jacques Roumain, Jennifer Célestin and Josaphat Robert Large. Translations for the poems were projected on the gallery's façade.




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Haiti - Head of Oxfam Haiti resigns (two articles, EN). Martelly's Chile visit: housing projects and Haitian community there (FR, EN). Martelly's back to school plans: 146,000 children in age of being schooled for the first time (FR). More on parliamentary crisis.


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From the blogs -  From www.Culture509.com, fiction about a restavèk named Ti Man Maille potentially slated to be filmed in Belgium (post is not clear). Haitian-American artist and educator Ella Turenne makes a plea for more stories of Haitian agency in rebuilding Haiti and less of ... Sean Penn (Huffington Post).

Caribbean - Toronto film about Caribbean diasporas from Suriname, Guyana, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic and the impact of their tourism in their home countries (MNIAlive.com). Upcoming Caribbean crafts convention in the Dominican Republic (MNIAlive.com). Sixth Gwoka (Guadeloupean drum) festival in Paris (Repeating Islands).

Video - Télé Métropole news for August 12: Martelly in Argentina, crime resurgence near displaced camps in Champs de Mars from the perspective of Senator Youri Latortue, the National Police and of camp dwellers. Jèn Kore Jèn youth summit: youth representative deplores disunity between President and Parliament.









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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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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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Great article on last weekend's national conference on culture. 

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Highlights

Hurricane watch continues as Emily hits Martinique. Still uncertain whether and how it will hit Haiti.


Politics - Corruption scandal involving members of parliament's lucrative consulting contracts with Ministère de l'Intérieur. Martelly's tourism tour continues. Deputy Dionald Polyte's assassin turns out to be a prison escapee. Bellerive to testify in front of Justice and Security Commission.

From the Blogs - Blog Carel La Wi! posts a caricature of the deputies and senators who made extra $$$ consulting for one of the government's ministries.

Video - From yours truly,  a clip of Haiti Cultural Exchange E.D. Régine Michèle Roumain explaining what the New York-based organization is about. Clip number two is of Wyclef making a cameo appearance at Kassav's concert in NY last Saturday.




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kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Saturday, Jul. 30, 2011

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(This is the only edition for this weekend as I took a break from posting stories yesterday afternoon and this morning to spend time with friends and family.)


Highlights

Politics and culture - Former presidential candidate Mirlande Manigat weighs in on Martelly's woes with Parliament. Martelly apologizes to journalists in Jacmel.  More on the attack against Martelly in Cap-Haitian. Rara used to fight cholera.

From the blogs - Jean-Marie Théodat's moving goodbye to legendary Haitian musician Azor, possibly his last post on the France-Info blog. Le Monde du Sud/Elsie News' take on the latest wikileaks revelations about what the American Ambassador called a post-earthquake gold rush. From Polycarpediem, a tribute to Haitian artisans.


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Folies - Paintings by NOU (Cornell U. Apr. 9 - 20)

Caribbean Poetry Reading and Closing Reception with artist Stéphane Martelly on Apr.19.