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K’naan has gotten together some of Canada’s finest in music to produce a new mix of his mega hit “Wavin Flag” in order to raise funds and awareness for Haiti. It’s not bias when I say this is far superior to the “We Are The World” remake for Haiti. Listen to them both and honestly tell me which one is better. “Wavin Flag” sounds appropriate, inspiring, and not as corny as “We Are The World” (though granted, it’s still kind of corny). Yes, the song does run into the same… Continue

We love to see island folk doing big things so we were very happy to read about Haitian-American designer Hassan Pierre… in the May 2010 issue of US Vogue, no less!

While folks may not always associate Haiti with haute couture, Pierre, who is a 22 year old grad of Parson’s School of Design, has fashion in his blood, as he…

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Jimmy Jean-Louis was born in Petion-Ville, Haiti.



1980

Jimmy moved to Paris where he left shcool with a degree in Business. With no where to sleep, his love of performing kept him off the streets and at the "Academie Internatinal de Dance" during the day and in the night clubs of Paris at night.…



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In 1774, Jean Baptiste DuSable, a black frontierman born in Haiti, founded the City of Chicago, Illinois. In case you didn't know, Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable was born in St. Marc, Haiti around 1745. His father was french and his mother was a Haitian Slave. He was educated in France and later worked on one of his father's ships as a seaman. …

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