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2. Prominent blacks back call by Aristide to be allowed to return to homeland
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Jan 27-Feb 2, 2011
- Published:
- Coral Springs, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- South Florida Times
- Journal Title Details:
- 5 : 5A
- Notes:
- "A broad sector of Haitian grassroots organizations, women's groups, human rights activists and educators have made it clear that now is the time to end president [Aristide]'s forced exile in South Africa," said the letter, paid for by Haiti Action Committee. The letter accuses the Haitian government, the United States, France, Canada and the United Nations forces in Haiti of blocking Aristide's return. It said the Haitian government had not responded to Aristide's request for a passport and that U.S and U.N. officials had issued public statements opposing Aristide's return. The other: "We do not doubt President Aristide's desire to help the people of Haiti. But today Haiti needs to focus on its future, not its past."
3. Before Haiti : race and citizenship in French Saint-Domingue
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Garrigus,John D. (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 396 p., In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. Before Haiti explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity from 1760 to 1804.
4. 'Sweet Mickey' off to shaky start in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Julal,Beverly (Author) and Davis,Clair (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-04-10
- Published:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Philadelphia Tribune
- Journal Title Details:
- 21 : 5B
- Notes:
- "Haiti's New Bad Boy President," "Carnival King is New Leader of Haiti" are just two of the headlines in local and national news. Many Haitians here in the U.S. feel that the newspapers are making a spectacle of the election of Michael "Sweet Mickey" [Michael Martelly] to the highest political office in Haiti, the Presidency. Martelly beat his opponent Lady Mirlande Manigat, 67.57 percent to 31.74 percent but in accordance with the electoral process complaints can be filed up until April 16 when the votes will be closed. His flamboyant attire and sometimes raucous performances endeared him to some but distanced him from others. At first, his notoriety as an entertainer made it almost impossible for him to be accepted into a party to declare his political aspirations and to be thought of as a viable candidate.
5. Haitians suspicious of Baby Doc's timing
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Julal,Beverly (Author) and Davis,Clair (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-01-23
- Published:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Philadelphia Tribune
- Journal Title Details:
- 10 : 5B
- Notes:
- Jean Lans, a Haitian American who resides in the area, said that it's all very strange to him, as it is to many Haitians. "Haiti requested [Jean-Claude Duvalier]'s extradition from France some time ago but they denied that request," stated Lans. "The French Ambassador to Haiti, Didier Le Bret, was very vocal in talking with the media about the results of the recent election. It is very strange that the Ambassador would speak out long before the government is behind his returning to Haiti." M.P. said that Preval is corrupted and [Jean Bertrand Aristide], who was supposed to be a priest, was corrupt also. Neither one of them has done much for the country except pocketing the money and taking care of their own. "They have taken food out of their own people's mouths," stated M.P. passionately. "With this election, Preval wants his sonin-law to become the new President but the people want "Sweet Mickey" Michael Martelly. They would burn Haiti before allowing someone else to be President." She said it would not be such a bad thing if Duvalier regains power. "Twenty-five years after his exile and where are wre now? When he was in control, they gave him the name 'Dictator' but he was what the country needed."
6. Haiti's Election Debacle: A Coup Legacy
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Annis,Roger (Author) and Ives,Kim (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Jan 2011
- Published:
- New York, NY: North American Congress on Latin America, Inc.
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- NACLA Report on the Americas
- Journal Title Details:
- 44(1) : 22-24
- Notes:
- Haiti's election debacle of November 28 can be directly linked to the 1991 and 2004 coups. The political upheaval in both cases allowed the de facto president to unilaterally select members of the electoral council, bypassing constitutional provisions requiring popular representation. The result this time: the arbitrary banning of 14 political parties, including Haiti's largest and most representative, the Fanmi Lavalas party of ousted, exiled former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
7. Haiti-Haitii: Philosophical Reflections for Mental Decolonization
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Aristide,Jean-Bertrand (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 160 p., Chronicles the history of slavery in Haiti through a recitation of the brutality of the colonisers and the often mundane and trivial ways in which they attempted to dehumanize Haitians. It seeks to illustrate how Haitians' 300-year journey to freedom was illuminated by the African philosophy of Ubuntu, a world view that embodies human solidarity, respect, dignity, justice, liberty, and love. In this philosophy, Africans found an unmatched strength to resist slavery.
8. Aid to Haiti: Reconstruction Amidst Political Uncertainty
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Cohen,Marc J. (Author) and Gauthier,Amelie (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Mar 2011
- Published:
- Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estrategicos
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 7 p., Following the 20 March 2011 elections, Haiti faces a potential political stalemate whilst confronting the massive reconstruction needs created by last year's earthquake. Many organizations have criticized the government for its lack of leadership in addressing pressing issues of relief, relocation and reconstruction. This paper analyses the effects of the political situation on aid effectiveness, good governance and the strategies of the international community.
9. Still Trembling: State Obligation Under International Law to End Post-Earthquake Rape in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Davis,Lisa (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Apr 2011
- Published:
- Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- University of Miami Law Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 65(3) : 867-892
- Notes:
- Examines how post-earthquake conditions in Haiti have left women and girls in a heightened state of vulnerability as well as the ineffectiveness of the U.N. and government to uphold obligations under international law to include grassroots women's leadership in the planning and implementation sessions to address sexual violence in displacement camps.
10. Haiti Reconstruction: U.S. Efforts Have Begun, Expanded Oversight Still to Be Implemented
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gootnick,David (Author) and Ragland,Susan (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- May 2011
- Published:
- United States Government Accountability Office
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 70 p., Congress appropriated more than 1.14 billion dollars in supplemental funds for reconstruction assistance following the earthquake in Haiti, most of which was provided to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State (State). The Haitian government created the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), a joint Haitian-international entity, for an 18-month term to coordinate donors, conduct strategic planning, approve reconstruction projects, and provide accountability. GAO addressed (1) the planned uses for US reconstruction assistance and the amounts provided so far, (2) USAID's internal controls for overseeing US funds, and (3) IHRC's progress establishing governance and oversight structures.
11. Haiti's Fatally Flawed Election
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Johnston,Jake (Author) and Weisbrot,Mark (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- Jan 2011
- Published:
- Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 15 p., This report describes the results of an independent recount of vote tally sheets from Haiti's November 28 presidential election. These 11,181 election tally sheets from across Haiti were posted online by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). It finds that for some 1,326 voting booths, or 11.9 percent of the total, tally sheets were either never received by the CEP or were quarantined for irregularities. This corresponds to about 12.7 percent of the vote, which was not counted and is not included in the final totals that were released by the CEP on December 7, 2010 and reported by the press. It also found many more tally sheets that had irregularities in the vote totals that were sufficient to disqualify them, and a large number of clerical errors that further undermines the credibility of the vote count. The report finds that based on the numbers of irregularities, it is impossible to determine who should advance to a second round. If there is a second round, it will be based on arbitrary assumptions and/or exclusions.
12. Earthquakes, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Governance in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Pierre-Louis',Francois (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Mar 2011
- 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:
- 42(2) : 186-202
- Notes:
- Argues that the historical boycott of Haiti's government in the 19th and 20th centuries by the international community, the constant internal struggle among the members of the elite for the control of state power, and the weakening of state structures through the creation of nongovernmental organizations have weakened the government's capacity to deal with major catastrophe and meet the needs of its citizens.
13. Coloniality and the Contours of Global Production in the Dominican Republic and Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Werner,Marion (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Oxford, UK: Blackwell
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Antipode (Antipode)
- Journal Title Details:
- 43(5) : 1573-1597
- Notes:
- Examines changing relations of accumulation taking shape in the garment export industry in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Draws upon a framework called "the coloniality of power" to consider the reworking of the social and spatial boundaries between hyper-exploited wage work and the people and places cast out from its relations.
14. Anatomy of a Haitian Tragedy: When the Fury of Nature Meets the Debility of the State
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gros,Jean-Germain (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Mar 2011
- 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:
- 42(2) : 131-157
- Notes:
- Argues that geography and geology sparked the Haitian earthquake, but the extent of the destruction was due to the massive failure of Haitian institutions, in particular the state, and international policy, which predated the earthquake.
15. Urban governance and disaster risk reduction in the Caribbean: the experiences of Oxfam GB
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Pelling,Mark (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Oct 2011
- Published:
- United Kingdom: Sage Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Environment & Urbanization
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(2) : 383-400
- Notes:
- This paper provides a cross-cultural analysis of the experiences of Oxfam GB in supporting urban community-based disaster risk reduction in Haiti, Guyana and the Dominican Republic. The paper focuses on the efforts of Oxfam GB and its local partners to overcome the determining influence of local governance on who benefits from interventions, and the longevity of positive outcomes.
16. Le vertige haïtien : réflexions sur un pays en crise permanente
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Saint Louis,Rose Nesmy (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Language:
- French
- Publication Date:
- Jan 2011
- Published:
- Paris: Editions L'Harmattan
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 335 p., This study offers in-depth discussion and a new approach to interpreting the failure of the nation state and the chronic weakness of economic development in Haiti. It illustrates, through presentations and recommendations, how the road to true democracy and the eradication of endemic poverty in Haiti has to go through the establishment of the rule of law and strong and sustained economic growth.