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4/14/17

Legacy of 1804 | @UN Votes to Withdraw @MINUSTAH | What Next? #LOF1804 #Haiti












Join me this Friday  (tonight) at 9PM to discuss the UN's vote to remove its "peacekeeping" forces by October of this year.  Is this just a re-brand? What now?

Georges Bossous Jr. of Word and Action will be our guest to offer expertise from his experience as a psychotherapist on healing Haiti's children of the sexual abuse and rape endemic to the UN occupation and very present in Haitian churches.


Musical Moment with Patrick Handal of Skandal. Is this hitmaker of 90's Konpa Nouvèl Jenerasyon making a comeback with his new single Santim Wo? He will join us in an interlude to answer.

Soundtrack (in that order, all songs by Patrick Handal of Skandal): 1) Ti Bway (2017 Remix,   50 Kòb, fothcoming); 2) Santim Wo (2017 single, 50 Kòb, forthcoming)


Listen live at the player below on kiskeacity.com  or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2017/04/15/legacy-of-1804-un-votes-to-remove-minustah-whats-next-lof1804. You can also listen live only 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. On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.


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POST-SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 

Georges Bossous Jr.
talked about Word and Action's main goal: to create a full-service rape crisis and healing center in Haiti. He also discussed the recent sets of settlements to boys in Haiti who were sexually abused by Christian missionary Douglas Perlitz. The boys, most of whom now live in the streets, were each awarded $300K by Connecticut courts but no therapy, financial management or guidance.  Bossous strongly urges that whatever future settlements are awarded by the UN or other NGO's and missionaries adopt a wholistic approach incorporating healing.

Between 00:31 and 00:50 we were joined by Patrick Handal of Skandal who discussed the context of the rise of Konpa Nouvelle Génération after the departure of Baby Doc in 1986. We listened to a soon-to-be-released remix of his 1988 hit Ti-Bway and his new single and video Santim Wo. All will be featured on an upcoming comeback album titled 50 Kòb.

Listen to the full show to hear frequent contributors Hugues Girard, Daniella Bien-Aime and Jafrikayiti weigh in on Ezili Dantò's proposed demands to the UN Secretary General. (That discussion is in the last 25 Minutes of the show.)


Articles/Clips discussed during the show:




4/7/17

Legacy of 1804 | Haiti News & Blog Review | UN & Pastor Rape, Merten Visit Aftermath, Prisons #LOF1804










Join me this Friday (tonight) at 9PM as I go over media clips and articles on the latest on the UN sexual violence and trafficking crisis in Haiti, more on the aftermath of Kenneth Merten's recent appearance at Brooklyn College and the pernicious nature of foreign aid to Haiti in the form of prisons.

You can listen live or archived at the below player or at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2017/04/08/legacy-of-1804-haiti-news-blog-review-un-pastor-rape-merten-prisons.  You can also listen live only 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. On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.

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POST-SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

In addition to playing clips of recent media interventions by Dahoud André of Komokoda (on Kenneth Merten at Brooklyn College) and Ezili Dantò (on UN rape), we were joined live on the topic of rape by Cynthia Verna and Georges Bossous Jr of Word and Action. And of course Hugues Girard co-hosted.

00:00-17:00 Intro, quick Haiti news roundup

17:00 - 45:00 Komokoda reacts to Kenneth Merten visit and survey what they believe is wrong with the Haitian Studies Institute

45:00 - 1:30:00 What is statutory rape?  Is Pastor Billy Léveillé guilty of it? A conversation with rape victim advocate Cynthia Verna and Georges Bossous Jr. of Word and Action.

1:30:00 - End  The latest on UN and rape in Haiti as explained by Ezili Dantò on recent media appearances.



More below:


3/23/17

Legacy of 1804 | Cynthia Verna & Daniella Bien-Aime | Rape, Mobile App Solutions #LOF1804 #Haiti








Join me this Friday at 9PM as I welcome Cynthia Verna and Daniella Bien-Aimé to discuss rape and sex trafficking in Haiti and answer the question: is there a way to use technology to prevent these problems?

Cynthia Verna is a popular chef and rape survivor, author of Calvaires: Viols ... et autres souffrances.



Daniella Bien-Aimé offers musings on Haiti and technology at The Bien-Aimé Post.



Articles/media we will discuss:




You can listen live or archived at the below player or at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2017/03/25/legacy-of-1804-cynthia-verna-daniella-bien-aim-rape-trafficking-tech. You can also listen live only 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. On Twitter: react to or ask questions by using the hashtag #LOF1804.


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POST-SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

So much was accomplished on this show and so many seeds were planted! Especially in the last 35 minutes or so, when Ezili Dantò called in. Almost a perfect storm.


12/7/16

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.




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.


LIVE TWEET HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SHOW & LINKS TO SOKARI'S WORK:


9/18/15

Legacy of 1804 with Dr. Gina Ulysse #LOF1804 #Haiti












Join me tonight at 9PM as I welcome anthropologist  Gina Ulysse to discuss her new book "Why Haiti Needs New Narratives." Dr. Ulysse will be reading from the book on Saturday at the Brooklyn Public Library. Find out more here.

On tonight's show she and I will chat it up on the mainstream U.S. press' handling of Ati Max Beauvoir's recent passing, including the pervasive use of the word V O O D O O to designate Vodou. Dr. Ulysse is one of many academics who have fought for the Library of Congress to stop the use of that spelling of the word given its association with Hollywood fantasies and racist caricatures of Haitians' ancestral spirituality.

We will also discuss Dr. Ulysse's recent pieces on racism in the Unites States and the #BlackLivesMatter movement for the blog Africa is a Country.

I also hope to talk about her choice to and the process of publishing her book in French, English and Kreyòl, all languages spoken by Haitians.

Dr. Ulysse is Professor of Anthropology at Wesleyan University.

Listen live or archived at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/09/19/legacy-of-1804-with-dr-gina-ulysse-haiti-lof1804-1. Or listen LIVE on the phone: (714) 242-6119.


UPDATE: SHOW AUDIO



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6/12/15

Legacy of 1804 Haiti News and Blog Review #LOF1804











Join me tonight at 9PM as I discuss the latest Haiti news including the Red Cross in Haiti, Sean Penn's defense of it, the latest report on UN rapes of women and girls in Haiti and more. Co-host Hans Roy might join in.

Listen live or archived at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/06/13/legacy-of-1804-haiti-news-and-blog-review-haiti or on the phone at (714) 242-6119. 


Articles to be discussed:

UN peacekeepers sexually abused hundreds of Haitian women & girls – report — RT News

Haïti : des soldats de la Minustah auraient abusé de centaines de femmes et de jeunes filles,...

How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-half-a-billion-dollars-for-haiti-and-built-6-homes

OP-ED: An Open Letter to the Red Cross http://haitiantimes.com/op-ed-an-open-letter-to-the-red-cross-11619/

OP-ED: Our Cross To Bear, Sean Penn Response To American Red Cross Criticism http://haitiantimes.com/op-ed-our-cross-to-bear-sean-penn-response-to-american-red-cross-criticism-11590/

Documentary seeks to tell history of US Occupation of Haiti | Boston Haitian Reporter  

If we have the  time:

Have you heard ‘?’ by BBC Africa on ? via @beethovenafrican 




UPDATE: SHOW AUDIO

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5/8/15

Legacy of 1804 with Cynthia Verna #LOF1804














Join me as I welcome Cynthia Verna, a chef and rape survivor and author of the forthcoming "Calvaires: Viols et Autres Souffrances". She is also in the process of founding the Cynthia Support Center for survivors of sexual abuse, a project of Word And Action in Haiti.

Listen live or archived at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancaribbean/2015/05/09/legacy-of-1804-with-cynthia-verna-lof1804. Listen (live only) at (714) 242-6119.

UPDATE: SHOW AUDIO

It was a shorter conversation than planned as I had to attend a Haiti Film Fest screening which ran later than expected. However, Cynthia, who I managed to get on thirty minutes into the audio delved into issues of sexual abuse and her motivation for coming forward so many years later with great candor and courage.

Check out her book Calvaires which went on sale on Amazon that night and which was selling quickly.

We will get Cynthia back on the show for a more thorough conversation soon.

Though she does not reveal the identity of her rapist, she says it is a woman "everybody knows."


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2/26/14

Legacy of 1804 with DJ Sabine Blaizin #LOF1804 #Haiti






Join me on Legacy of 1804 this Friday 2/28 at 9PM EA as I chat with Haitian-American DJ and innovator Sabine Blaizin. Check out her Lakay se Lakay campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lakay-se-lakay-home-is-home
 

DJ Sabine spins Global Soul: House, Afrotech, Afrobeat, Haitian Roots and other diasporic tunes. She is the new Brand Marketing Director and DJ/Producer at Ocha Records. She has been a panelist at several discussions at the Caribbean Culture Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), highlighting the power of spirituality in the arts and will speak at the forthcoming 27th Annual Women of Power Conference 2014. She is one of MediaServiceNYC's Most Respected House DJ's of 2014.



Listen Online http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/03/01/legacy-of-1804-with-sabine-blaizin-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.

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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SHOW AUDIO


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2/13/14

Legacy of 1804 #20 Haiti News and Blogs Review #vday #wiyabi





Join me this Friday I discuss Saturday's #InsideVodou workshop with flash guest Wynnie Lamour of Haitian Creole Language Institute, Eve Ensler's V-Day in Haiti this Feb. 14 and more! 

As a preview, check out Lauren Chief Elk's Open Letter to Eve Ensler written last year after Eve Ensler brought V-Day to their neck of the woods in Canada. Food for thought.  http://chiefelk.tumblr.com/post/49527456060/an-open-letter-to-eve-ensler


Also, check out my blog post inspired by Chiel Elk's letter and the exchange I had with her following the post: Open Letter to Eve Ensler: A Lesson for Haitians - http://ht.ly/tUgj6

Listen Online http://www.blogtalkradio.com/blackwholeradio/2014/02/15/legacy-of-1804-haiti-news-and-blog-review-vday or on the phone at (323) 927-2913(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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UPDATE: SHOW AUDIO 2/23

1 - 34 Wynnie Lamour 
34:17 V-Day on Haitian TV (Creole)
36:26 V-Day and Eve Ensler in Haiti Segment
64      Review of @kiskeacity (i.e. my) efforts by Guadeloupean blogger Magaly Lozange
74         Article by Tontongi a.k.a. Eddy Toussaint about Haiti and the Académie Française        



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5/7/13

Open Letter to Eve Ensler: A Lesson for Haitians




A letter by a Canadian Native American woman to Eve Ensler, author of the Vagina Monologues, echoes many of the issues Haitians face with the White Savior Industrial Complex  ("WSIC") and its army of 3,000 NGOs, 12,000 UN troops, innumerable speakers for Haiti, appropriators of Haiti's ancestral religion, culture and music and other so-called "allies" who silence Haitians for a profit while assuming our voice:

Your organization took a photo of Ashley Callingbull, and used it to promote V-Day Canada and One Billion Rising, without her consent. You then wrote the word “vanishing” on the photo, and implied that Indigenous women are disappearing, and inherently suggested that we are in some type of dire need of your saving. You then said that Indigenous women were V-Day Canada’s “spotlight”. V-Day completely ignored the fact that February 14th is an iconic day for Indigenous women in Canada, and marches, vigils, and rallies had already been happening for decades to honor the missing and murdered Indigenous women.[...]

When women in Canada brought up these exact issues, V-Day responded to them by deleting the comment threads that were on Facebook. For a person and organization who works to end violence against women, this is certainly the opposite of that. Although I’m specifically addressing V-Day, this is not an isolated incident. This is something that Indigenous women constantly face. This erasure of identity and white, colonial, feminism is in fact, a form of violence against us. The exploitation and cultural appropriation creates and excuses the violence done to us.

When I told you that your white, colonial, feminism is hurting us, you started crying. Eve, you are not the victim here. [...] This is not being a good ally. [...]


At the end of our conversation you offered me the opportunity to join V-Day. Offered me money. Offered me to become a spokesperson for Native American women. These are things I am not interested in. I do not want to be part of the white savior industrial complex, and I never want to duplicate saviorism and colonialism within my own organization, Save Wiyabi Project, and I’m surely not interested in selling my soul and integrity for a bit of cash and perceived prestige.
 Read the full letter here: An Open Letter to Eve Ensler - Life Returned ht.ly/kIGXq

Kudos to the author, Lauren Chief Elk, for refusing to be bought off. Indeed, it is often because of money and potential "prestige" carried by WSIC "brands" that we relinquish our voices and agency to the WSIC, only to regret it when the damage is irreversible.


We owe the concept of the White Savior Industrial Complex to Teju Cole. [The White-Savior Industrial Complex - Teju Cole - The Atlantic http://ht.ly/kOELoIn his own words:

The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening. ... The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice. It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.


More about the ways in which Haitians are hurt by the army of non-Haitian "experts" who speak for us every day in the corporate media here. [Colonialism of the Mind – Part I | NEWS JUNKIE POST http://ht.ly/kMuJA.] In author Dady Chery's words:

Western journalists increasingly assume the voices of subjugated countries’ natives while muzzling them by denying them access to the press. In the United States, the more visible venues of the alternative press, such as online news sites Truthout, Common Dreams, and Huffington Post are essentially closed to native writers. This colonialism of the mind is rampant when it comes to Haiti ... Westerners, whatever their political leaning, do reserve their right to rule the world, and the right to pontificate to the ignorant natives is very much a part of it.

SOLUTIONS?

  • Stop posting, quoting or amplifying the appropriators of your voice  EXCEPT WHEN THEIR ARTICLES CONTAIN INFORMATION OF CONSTRUCTIVE VALUE TO HAITIANS. In that case, cut and paste ONLY the useful information without otherwise promoting your sabotager. After all, they are insiders to the current system, and as such may have information that you will never be privy to. But beyond that information, do not further amplify their inevitable references to "poorest country in the you know what" or gratuitous use of the word V-O-O-D-O-O in the titles of their books or other tragic depictions of Haiti that leave out their own participation to its plight and ultimately demean YOU.
  • Stop seeking their approval and attention. They will not help promote your voice in any meaningful way or beyond the strictures of tokenism.  Instead carry your own voice on your own behalf via the innumerable free communications tools available to you online or in the Haitian or Afro-descendant groups, associations or organizations you belong to. If you are Haitian and you need guidance or training in online communication tools, let me know.
  • Do not honor, reward or give awards to these covert profiteers in any way.
  • Avoid spending too much time or energy in forums, conferences or platforms that seek to explain to members of the WSIC how  they muzzle you. That is a waste of time and energy and they know the answer better than you while most Haitians do not. Instead spend that energy in explaining to HAITIANS how and why they should not promote their silencers and pointing them to Haitian authored content and cultural production. 
  • Read the Haitian papers and Haitian blogs regularly and repost the content. Do so with a critical eye because inevitably some of our own content is heavily influenced by the WSI/NGO complex.  After all, WSIC dollars are in constant and heavy rotation in Haiti and their ideas are common currency in the global mainstream and therefore among well-meaning Haitians.

    UPDATE 4:49PM: Just received this bit of feedback on this post from the author of the Open Letter, Lauren Chief Elk, @ChiefElk, via Twitter:  "Raising a fist in the air for you and Haiti. Your additions to the open letter were very important & needed. Thank you. We've been applying how this saviorism & exploitation is in direct correlation to violence against us & a gleaning example is the Indian Child Welfare Act. The cheerleaders against it see us as pathetic & tragic, & think our babies should be able to be adopted into "better homes" off reservations. I thought about the missionaries who kidnapped Haitian babies post-earthquake in the name of "saving" them. *puke*."

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    11/29/11

    kiskeácity daily is out ! Editions of Sunday, Nov. 27 and Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 #Haiti

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    Topics include the upcoming FANM fundraiser in Miami, poetry and history event at the NY Historical Society on January 12, Metro News for last Friday, Digicel Stars 2011's likely winner (VIDEO), the Fanal New Year's tradition in Haiti and renewed allegations of funny accounting at Wyclef Jean's charity.


    9/10/11

    kiskeácity daily is out ! Editions of Thursday, Sep. 9 to Saturday, Sep. 10, 2011 #Haiti #MINUSTAH


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    Highlights Thursday

    UN Haiti Rape Scandal

    • Pregnant 17 year old. (HPN)
    • Local women and UN troops. (ipsnews.net) 
    Natcom's official launch after long interconnection battle with Digicel. (HPN)

    Highlights Today

    • 15% of UN troops in Haiti to go. (Haiti Libre)
    • My roundup in Global Voices of reactions by Haitians online to the UN rape video. (Global Voices)
    • Various articles on the aftermath of two days of rain in Port-au-Prince. (HPN)
    • Former presidential candidate and constitutional scholar opines on whether PM designate Gary Conille meets the residency requirement. (Haiti Libre)
    • Will Miss Haiti be one of the Miss Universe pageant's 16 finalists? (HPN, Art and Entertainment tab)
    • And more including more video of Miss Haiti and Jessica "SIKA" Valme 's delightful singing! 

    From the blogs


    Video

    • Miss Haiti's National costume from Anedie01 Youtube Channel.





    • Interview with Port-Salut woman and half-Uruguayan baby from GaetantGuevara Youtube Channel.











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    9/6/11

    kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Tuesday, Sep. 06, 2011 #Haiti #MINUSTAH




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    Highlights


    UN-Haiti Rape scandal:











    • Demonstrations in Port-Salut, 
    • exhaustive RNDDH report on sexual abuse by MINUSTAH in this and other cases in Port-Salut (including evidence of pregnancies among minors), 
    • resolution for progressive MINUSTAH withdrawal, 
    • Uruguay prosecuting the 4 perpetrators 
    • and more.


    Haitian football:
    HPN poll reveals Haitian optimism for 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

    Labor Day West Indian Parade in NY:
    No Haitian float this year!


    8/22/11

    kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Monday, Aug. 22, 2011

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    Highlights


    PotoFanm has just launched its first program, PotoFi. See a PDF of the  briefing note of this survey and services program for Haitian girls facing sexual violence in the media section of the newsletter. (FR, EN)

    Tropical storm Irene worried some yesterday as it approached Haiti.

    Controversial biometric passport and border controls program being implemented in Haiti.

    EcoAlert podcast with Nadine Patrice of Operation Green Leaves.

    Upcoming National Haitian-American Health Alliance conference in P-au-P.

    From the blogs - www.culture509.com remembers a Haitian rapper and his song on the Bwa Kayiman ceremony.


    Video - La Troupe Makandal at Haiti Cultural Exchange's Pwezi Anba Tonèl Saturday night. 















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    8/9/11

    kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Tuesday, Aug. 09, 2011


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    Haiti Headlines - Voilà receives award for Tcash mobile payment program (FR & EN).  Haitian women rebuilding Haiti by removing rubble by hand (FR &EN). Haitian women receive training in soccer football .


    Caribbean - Grenada calling on its diaspora. Racialized party structure in Trinidad. Jamaica getting a sweet deal on sugar.


    Video - My own video of Régine Roumain talking about Haiti Cultural Exchange's goal for a Haitian cultural center in NY. Footage of London riots yesterday. Two editions of Haiti-based Metro News covering topics from the next step on the Prime Minister search, Kay Pa'm, Jean-Claude Bajeux, Voilà's Tcash, policing and student protests etc. 


    Photos - Under the #Haiti tab, pictures of the Aug. 5th James Germain/Emeline Michel concert at Fokal. 


    Enjoy!






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    8/4/11

    kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Thursday, Aug. 04, 2011



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    Highlights


    Emily - Government encourages spontaneous evacuation to homes of friends and neighbors.

    Technology - Martelly's speech for Technology Week.

    Women and Business - New Clinton Bush Foundation grant for women's entrepreneurship.

    From the Blogs - France-based C'est Plutôt Ca Haiti posts an article on rejected Prime Minister nominee Bernard Gousse.  Love Haiti/HaitiSunTimes.com has an interesting opinion piece on why employment and not education should be Martelly's priority for Haiti.






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    8/3/11

    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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    7/27/11

    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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    7/25/11

    kiskeácity daily is out ! Edition of Monday, Jul. 25, 2011


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    Topics include various Caribbean-American festivals and heritage celebrations including Jamaican Independence day (See NY Daily News); C@ribnet, a potential digital integration tool for various Caribbean institutions; women and technology in Africa; arts festivals in Africa; a new USAID study on Haitian prisons and more. 


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    4/11/11

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


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