Jimmy jean-louis haitian independence
1/1/, th Year of the Haitian Independence....
Jimmy Jean-Louis has become the face of Haitian pride and hope.
Nii Ntreh, Face2face Africa, Dec. 02, 2020
The sons and daughters of the iconic and troubled island nation of Haiti, do in their own ways, seek ways to shine light upon all the 216-year-old country has to offer, and this does not come easily seeing that Haiti’s negatives these days are painfully weighty.
When it achieved independence in 1804, the formerly known Saint-Domingue became the first nation with a majority Black populace to declare itself free from European colonial rule.
In the middle of the 20th century, Africans would take inspiration from the heroism of the Haitian people and independence leader, General Toussaint Louverture.
But the victory of Haiti’s Black people over those who used to be their owners and taskmasters would taste nothing short of the bitterest triumph.
Face2Face Africa last year explained in a well-received piece, how Haiti was doomed from birth for daring to be free.
The French, unremorseful of the depravity of slavery and colonization, insiste