Haiti

Haitian Musician and Voudo priest Erol Josué has a new album titled Pèlerinaj, which includes songs like “Rén Sobo,” “Ati Sole” and “Palave Maria" that invoke Voudo goddesses and saints.

Erol Josué’s new album Pèlerinaj highlights Haiti’s Vodou tradition and the artist’s own pilgrimage

The 18 tracks on "Pèlerinaj," or “pilgrimage” in Haitian Creole, are a mix of sacred Vodou chants and traditional Haitian rhythms with funk, jazz, rock and electronic music.

Erol Josué’s new album Pèlerinaj highlights Haiti’s Vodou tradition and the artist’s own pilgrimage
Multi-generational Haitian band Lakou Mizik has a new album in collaboration with Grammy-winning electronic music artist Joseph Ray titled ‘Leave The Bones.’

Lakou Mizik’s new album highlights Haiti’s creative spirit

Lakou Mizik’s new album highlights Haiti’s creative spirit
Man playing guitar in front of projected images laughing, with woman next to him, arm around his shoulder. Laptop on chair in background.

Haiti has a burgeoning entrepreneur scene, but can it make room for Haitians forced to return from the US?

Haiti has a burgeoning entrepreneur scene, but can it make room for Haitians forced to return from the US?
Corinne Joachim Sanon went back to Haiti to start a business, and she located her business, Askanya Chcolatiers, in the house where her grandmother grew up.

Eight years after the earthquake, a different taste of Haiti

Eight years after the earthquake, a different taste of Haiti
Hazel Bethel is a Manischewitz wine devotee. She's originally from Trinidad and was introduced to the wine by friends who worked in Jewish homes in New York.

Is that Manischewitz? The Kosher wine is a hit in some Caribbean communities.

Is that Manischewitz? The Kosher wine is a hit in some Caribbean communities.
Women wear costumes as they take part in Carnaval in Jacmel, Haiti. The similarity between Carnaval and Mardi Gras in New Orleans is just one connection the two places share.

New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history

When you walk around New Orleans, you can see the Haitian influence everywhere, from the creole cottages to the jambalaya. And thousands of New Orleanians trace their ancestry back to the island. This connection had one journalist asking, is the feeling mutual?

New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history
"We came out with a style where people were actually looking at our performance. And nobody was doing it at the time": Fito Hyacinthe on Carimi.

Haiti's 'original boy band' called it quits. Here's how they got their start.

This past summer, an iconic Haitian band called it quits. Carimi wasn't just another pop group, though. It was Haiti's original boy band.

Haiti's 'original boy band' called it quits. Here's how they got their start.
Salvaging Haiti's cacao crop after Hurricane Matthew

Haitian cacao farmers scramble to get their ‘success story’ back on track

Hurricane Matthew devastated cacao trees at the heart of Haiti's burgeoning cocoa export business.

Haitian cacao farmers scramble to get their ‘success story’ back on track
Ertha Papillon

With no public officials in sight, a local Haitian leader takes matters into her own hands

She's sheltering hundreds of neighbors in her house, running a school and orphanage, and trying to get clean water to those in need.

With no public officials in sight, a local Haitian leader takes matters into her own hands
Tijuana

Why Haitians are stranded in Mexico

A crisis is building at the US-Mexico border as thousands of Haitians make their way there from Brazil, migrating as the South American country's economy tanks.

Why Haitians are stranded in Mexico
The Ricord's iguana, which lives only on the island of Hispaniola, was thought to be extinct in Haiti until a small population was discovered in the southeastern corner of the country eight years ago. Now the three foot-long lizard is the subject of a rar

Where human life is precarious, Haitians look out for a rare Iguana

In a country that's seen more than its share of human hardship over the years, a rare iguana is the focus of a rare conservation effort, run by an unlikely leader.

Where human life is precarious, Haitians look out for a rare Iguana

From the Streets of Haiti, a Real-Life Tarot Deck

Frustrated by relentless bad-news images from Haiti, a Belgian photographer teamed up with Haitian artists to recreate the entire tarot deck using real people and locations.

From the Streets of Haiti, a Real-Life Tarot Deck
Dennis Benzan meeting constituents

A Boston community is divided over the Dominican Republic's citizenship policy

A Massachusetts politician has been outspoken about his opposition to the Dominican Republic's citizenship laws — and it's sparked a battle within his constituency.

A Boston community is divided over the Dominican Republic's citizenship policy
Haitian author Dimitry Elias Léger.

His topic: A president, the first lady, her lover — and an earthquake

Dimitry Elias Léger's debut novel unfolds in the aftermath of Haiti's 2010 earthquake. The human, often comic tale is his attempt "to cover the full range of color and emotions that people who experience traumatic events need to tell their stories."

His topic: A president, the first lady, her lover — and an earthquake
Behind this tangle of barbed wire in the Place d'Armes in Gonaives, a boy was sexually assaulted by UN peacekeepers, according to a UN investigation.

The UN let off peacekeepers involved in a Haitian boy's rape

The UN says it has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to UN peacekeepers and sexual abuse. But when a 14-year-old Haitian boy was abused by Pakistani peacekeepers, the UN did little to bring his case to justice in Haitian courts.

The UN let off peacekeepers involved in a Haitian boy's rape