Tagged Haitian Revolution

"Ayiti has been blessed to be a country where we have created all the essentials of the identity of a human. We have created our own cosmogony, which is what Vodun is. This is our perception of the cosmos.....

Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary. Sanité, whom Dessalines described as “a tigress,” is formally recognized by the Haitian Government as a National Her...

"Revolution moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform." --C.L.R. James "It was the first time in human history that enslaved people had destroyed a slave system, declared themselves rulers, and maint...