KOMPA: THE SOULFUL RHYTHM OF HAITI “When kompa plays, every body becomes a drum.”Haitian proverb The Golden Pulse of a Nation Born in 1955 from the genius of Nemours Jean-Baptiste, kompa is more than a music genre—it’s the rhythmic heartbeat of Haiti. A perfect blend of jazz, calypso, and Vodou drums, it has conquered the Caribbean, Africa, and beyond. Chapter…
Frankétienne and Spiralism: When Literature Becomes Possession “To write is to dance with the loas of language.” Frankétienne Spiralism: A Literary Trance Art Co-founded in 1965 with René Philoctète and Jean-Claude Fignolé, Spiralism is: Example from “Les Affres d’un Défi”:“The city spun like a burning houmfort. Clovis watched his hands turn to roots, then snakes, then smoke…”…
Haitian Vodou: More Than a Religion, A Cultural Rebirth “Vodou is not a cult of darkness, but a light that guided our ancestors to freedom.”Jean Price-Mars, father of Haitian ethnology Chapter 1: The Roots of Revolution On August 14, 1791, in the forest of Bois Caïman, a Vodou priest named Boukman sealed Haiti’s destiny during a historic ceremony….
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