Marlene Daut

I am Associate Professor of African Diaspora Studies at the University of Virginia, where I also serve as the Associate Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute. As an expert on Caribbean literature and history, I have written two books and published nearly two dozen articles on the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), the most successful slave rebellion in the world, which resulted in Haiti’s independence from France on Jan. 1, 1804. 


A king in a red robe kneels on one knee as a bishop places a crown on his head

Inside the Kingdom of Hayti, ‘the Wakanda of the Western Hemisphere’

Fans of the box-office hit might not realize that they don’t need to look to the make-believe world of the Black Panther to find a modern-day black kingdom that aspired to be a safe haven from racism and inequality.