Histoire d'Haïti | Catherine Ève Roupert

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A HISTORY OF HAITI

Catherine Ève Roupert

Release date : 06/01/2011

Haiti is a thousand stories in one. Here Catherine-Eve Roupert tells the long and fascinating story of this magical country of tragic destiny, its many futile attempts at democracy, and the never-ending stream of disasters it has endured, that have moved the entire world.
Baptised Hispaniola by the conquistadors who... Haiti is a thousand stories in one. Here Catherine-Eve Roupert tells the long and fascinating story of this magical country of tragic destiny, its many futile attempts at democracy, and the never-ending stream of disasters it has endured, that have moved the entire world.
Baptised Hispaniola by the conquistadors who followed Colombus, Saint Domingue by the French settlers, the African inhabitants, imported by slave traders, baptized the country Haiti (Ayiti) the day they drove Bonaparte's invincible armies into the sea. Led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, they forced France to abolish slavery there for the first time, creating the New World's first black republic on New Year's Day, 1804 and thus ensuring the permanency of their freedom. But from then on, the country experienced constant political instability, which played directly into the hands of foreign powers. Little by little, they invaded the island, notably the Americans, who occupied it between 1915 and 1934. Corruption was endemic in local power, which always ultimately lost credibility, thus giving rise to the convulsions of revolution that have repeatedly struck the country. All the while supporting the great liberators of South America, Haiti was torn apart by the bloody dictatorships of the Duvaliers, Papa Doc and his son, Baby Doc. The earthquake that ravaged the island on January 12th, 2010, occurred during a new wave of violence, the outcome of which no one can foresee.
A tragic country, but a magical one that never ceases to inspire artists who recount the history of their homeland with talent, among them some of the finest contemporary writers of the French language (Dany Laferrière - prix Médicis 2009, René Dupestre, etc...).

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