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2. Indigestible Recipe: Rice, Chicken Wings, and International Financial Institutions: Or Hunger Politics in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gros,Jean-Germain (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- May 2010
- Published:
- Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Black Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 40(5) : 974-986
- Notes:
- Policies imposed on Haiti by international financial institutions (i.e., the World Bank and International Monetary Fund) since the 1980s, such as currency devaluation and trade liberalization, negated Haitian agricultural performance and the capacity of the Haitian state to manage the economy, thus exacerbating the current food crisis.
3. Let's think a bit
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Language:
- French
- Publication Date:
- May 26-Jun 2, 2010
- Published:
- Brooklyn, NY
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Haiti Observateur
- Journal Title Details:
- 21 : 5
- Notes:
- For the last three weeks, the readers of this column have been able to follow Dr. [Anthony P. Maingot]'s speech about Haiti's history of war of liberation and internicine struggles which have been such a burden for the First Black Republic. He began with "the issue of the moment," namely the reparation from France for 200 years of slavery. Haiti's political culture, its "developed legacy of behavior, " is not conducive to development. The second issue studied by Dr. Maingot is the U.S. occupation of Haiti, which "rested on the idea of the White Man's burden" - its Manifest Destiny. But, on balance, the occupation was not entirely negative. The very racism of the White invaders was a reality check for Haitian society. Yes, by treating all Haitians (whether dark skinned or light skinned Mulattoes) as "Niggers," no more no less, the foreign invaders reconciled the subjective ideas of superiority and/or inferiority of the Haitians with their own, i.e., their more objective, non involved, opinions as powerful occupying forces. Thirdly, Dr. Maingot analysed a cultural element that had, and continues to have, a great impact on Haitian society. That major cultural factor, of course, is the syncretic religion called vodoo.
4. The Caribbean and Its Prospects
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Sukup,Viktor (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Language:
- French
- Publication Date:
- Feb 2010
- Published:
- Paris, France: Association Internationale Futuribles
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Futuribles
- Journal Title Details:
- 360 : 21-34
- Notes:
- At different times in its history, the Caribbean has been a strategic region -- initially with the arrival of the first Europeans in the late 15th century, then, among other things, by its proximity to the Panama Canal & later as a result of the Cuban revolution. But for some years now it has played a less important role internationally. However, as Viktor Sukup points out, "Russia's recent rapprochement with Cuba & Venezuela & the increasing engagement of China in the region" suggest that the Caribbean still has strategic importance.
5. Truly Grassroots: How Agricultural Entrepreneurs Can Lead a Haitian Renewal
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Barjon,Regine (Author), Auerswald,Philip (Author), Novy-Hildesley,Julia (Author), and Hasler,Adam (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Oct 2010
- Published:
- Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Innovations (Innovations)
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(4) : 151-157
- Notes:
- Part of a special journal issue dedicated to strategies for societal renewal in Haiti., Haiti spends 80 percent of its export earnings to import food that the nation's farmers could produce themselves. More than a third of Haiti's farmland is underutilized.