Louinès Louinis is a choreographer, dancer, musician, folklorist, and founder and artistic director of the Louinès Louinis Haitian Dance Theater. Louinis studied dance and theatre with Erzulie Dantor Troupe, Theatre de Verdure Massillon Coicou and...
Marleine Bastien is considered a true leader in the Haitian community of South Florida. She is a graduate of Miami-Dade Community College and Florida International University. She obtained a Master's degree in Social Work in August 1987. Ms. ...
Paulette Saint Lot was born in Pétion Ville, Haiti. She is the daugther of Aglae Rameau and Haitian Diplomat, Legislator, Jurist and Educator, the late Dr. Emile Saint-Lot. The late Dr. Emile Saint-Lot was the Haitian Plenipotentiary at the signin...
Legba holds the key to opening doors, which is what Matisou Legba does when he drums. Whether the listener is a long time fan or hearing him for the first time, each experience is an opportunity to have your senses, heart, mind, and spirit know th...
Yolande Thomas is a beloved community figure in New York as well as in Miami. She is well known for her beauitful voice and her acting talents. However, most importantly, she has always been at the forefront of all community activities defending ...
Edwidge Danticat was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1969 and moved to Brooklyn when she was twelve years of age to join her parents. Two years after her arrival in the USA, she published her first writing in English, "A Haitian-American Chr...
Nancy St. Legér is an educator and an esteemed Haitian cultural artist. She has been performing Haitian dance traditions and rhythms for the past 20 years both in New York and South Florida. She is a graduate of St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn...
Lucrèce Louisdhon-Louinis is a professional story teller, librarian, dancer, and executive director of the Louinès Louinis Haitian Dance Theater. She came to New York City from Haiti to get her Bachelor in Liberal Arts and Masters in Library Scien...
A native of Haiti, Lucie Tondreau immigrated to Montreal, Canada with her parents at the age of 7. In 1981, she settled in New York City, where she became intensely involved with the Haitian community. She felt compelled to keep the community info...
Rosie Gordon-Wallace is the Founder, Director & Curator of Diaspora Vibe Gallery and Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator. Since 1996, Gordon-Wallace has initiated and produced transnational creative programs that redefine concepts of "d...
Liliane Nérette Louis grew up in a large family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as the daughter of a doctor. When she was a child, her mother used to sit down with the children in the evenings and tell stories in Haitian Creole. As she grew older, Louis...
Maude Heurtelou is the author of two novels and 50 children's books published by Educa Vision. She has published Fiesta! Haiti, edited by Paul Rosario and published by Grolier in 2004. She has also contributed to the Butterfly Way, 2001, edit...
Dr. Gérard Campfort was born in Haiti where he attended primary school, secondary school, and university. After graduating at l'École Normale Supérieure in Port-Au-Prince, he began his teaching career at several prestigious universities such ...
Originally from Boulder, Colorado, Marie has grown up with a deep appreciation of nature, family, and community. She completed her studies at F.I.T. in New York City, Miami-Dade College, and then at Florida State University, which includes degrees...
Sandy Dorsainvil is the new Executive Director of the Little Haiti Cultural Center. She has worked in several important positions within the community, such as Excecutive Director of the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance. With her exceptional program...
Laurette Jean is a professional Budget Analyst, a talented dancer, a choreographer, and a dedicated community contributor. Since 2009, she has been working as a Principal Management and Budget Analyst at the office of Management and Budget in Brow...
Interview with Frantz "Kiki" Wainwright, a Haitian playwright, singer, actor, and dancer involved with Sosyete KouKouy in Miami. Born in Haiti, Wainwright began his acting career in Port-au-Peince before moving to New York, and eventuall...
Dr. Joanne Hyppolite is multi-talented. On weekdays, she is the Chief curator at the History of Miami Museum where she oversees the museum's exhibitions and collections department. On nights, weekends, and on stolen work days, she transforms ...
Jean-Marie Denis a.k.a Jan Mapou was born in the city of Les Cayes in the southern part of Haiti. He studied at the University of Ethnology and became a school teacher in several schools in Haiti (1965-1969). Later, he earned a BA degree in Accoun...
Interview with Marc Joseph and Rodney Lindor of the band Ayabonmbe, a world beat musical group that formed in 1991, and is comprised of members from Haiti and the United States. Marc Joseph in the bass player and band leader, and Rodney Lindor is ...
Interview with Max Rameau, the foremost and most publicly known activist with Take Back the Land. He also leads the Center for Pan-African Development and has worked extensively with Brothers of the Same Mind and Cop Watch. At the cusp of the hous...
Maggie Steber has worked as a documentary photographer in 63 countries. Her longtime work in Haiti received the prestigious Alicia Patterson Foundation Grant and the Ernst Haas Grant. A collection of her Haiti photographs was published in "Da...
Interview with Markus Schwartz and Monvelyno Alexis of Vo-Duo and Louis Leslie Marcelin "Sanba Zao," recorded during the 2012 Zakafest at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. Markus Schwartz is a percussionist based in Brooklyn, N...
Interview with Louis Leslie Marcelin, better known as Sanba Zao in the Haitian music community. In addition to his work as a musician, Marcelin and his wife Mireille run the Bazilo École Communautaire, one of the first elementary schools in Haiti ...
Interview with Erol Josué, a healer, houngan (Vodou priest), and performer who has been called the “Prince of Haitian roots music.” This interview took place before Josué returned to Haiti for the first time since 1996, in order to initiate his br...
This interview is one of a series with houngan and world-beat performer Erol Josué. This meeting took place at his home in the Design District area of Miami, the bustling artistic community and southern entrance into Little Haiti. This afternoon m...
This interview with Erol Josué took place on the phone about his work at Duke University, his international tours, and general aesethetics of his electro-Vodou music. The audio file includes his commentary on the music of album "Regleman"...
Born into vodou tradition in Port-au-Prince in 1970, Erol Josué took on the calling of houngon (vodou priest) at the remarkably young age of seventeen. Despite that this element of his life does not seem to dominate his reative work on a world mar...
Interview with Yves "Fanfan" Joseph, manager and vocalist for Tabou Combo, the most commercially successful Haitian band. Joseph has been with Tabou Combo since August 1968. In this interview, he explains the commercial origins of the ba...
Interview with Smith Jean-Baptiste, the influential percussionist in the band Les Shleu Sheu. Started in 1966, the band rose to fame playing after volleyball games in their local high schools. In this interview, Jean-Baptiste speaks about the semi...
Interview with Michèle Jessica Fièvre, a writer who grew up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and relocated to South Florida in 2002. She wrote her first novel as a teenager, and has since published several novels and children's books in French. Her ...
Interview with Jean-Philippe Guillaume, who is the creator and engineer of Mizikpam.com, a Haitian music aggregator similar to Pandora, Last.Fm, and Spotify. He moved to South Florida from Port-au-Prince. His grandfather was a saxophonist and his ...
Interview with Adlore Casseus "Empress Addi," and Patrick Dorcé of Rara Rock, a Haitian roots world beat band based in North Miami. Casseus, the singer for Rara Rock, is a doctoral student in education and performs as "Empress Addi....
This interivew is with the visual artist Viktor El-Saieh on the opening of his show "Historical Precedence" on March 12, 2011 in Miami, FL. The show depicts Haitian leadership through a series of portraits and gives El-Saieh's insig...
Viktor El-Saieh is a painter who works between Miami and Port-au-Prince. He is the grandson of celebrated Haitian bandleader Issa El-Saieh, who amassed the largest private collection of Haitian art. His family now runs the El-Saieh Gallery that ha...
Interview with Sophia Lacroix, a Haitian-born painter who is based in South Florida. Through her work using the hyperrealism style, Lacroix aims to "transport" the observer to a vision of Haiti that conjures up images of her childhood th...
Interview with Edouard Duval-Carrié, a Haitian-born painter and sculptor based in Miami. After leaving Port-au-Price due to political instability under the Duvalier regime, Duval-Carrié's family settled in Puerto Rico. He then studied urban p...
This interview was conducted with Jean-Michel Daudier in Aventura, Florida, in Spetember 2010. Mr. Daudier is most well known for his anthem "Lem Pa We Soley La" (When I Can't See The Sun) and its historical place in the popular ove...
Interview with Jonas Jean "Maestro Joujou" of DJA-Rara music group located in Brooklyn, New York that aims to keep Haitian culture alive in the Diaspora. Maestro Joujou is the band leader for DJA-Rara. This audio-only interview was condu...
This interview is with Yvon "Kapi" André of Tabou Combo, arguably Haiti's most famous and internationally acclaimed band. The drummer talks about the band's origins in Pétionville's teenage music scene among other bands li...
The Raquel & Ruth Robes Collection contains photographs of school life in pre-revoultionary Cuba, as well as school pamphlets and memorabilia. It also contains certifications for schoolteachers Raquel and Ruth Robes. Certificates and oversized...
The scrapbook includes photographs, clippings, and an invitation documenting the activities of the Children Hospital "San Juan de Dios" in Camaguey, Cuba.
