Culture

As midnight approached on December 31, 2020, Haitians prepared to leave behind one of the most difficult years in recent

Christmas 2020 arrived in Haiti carrying heavier burdens than any recent holiday season in memory. Families that had experienced income

Haitian literature, produced in Haitian Creole, French, and increasingly in English by diaspora writers, continued to engage with the country’s

Port-au-Prince’s walls continued to speak in 2020, with muralists responding to the year’s compounding crises — political stalemate, COVID-19, gang

Haiti’s creative community — musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, writers, and performers — adapted to the COVID-19 reality with the ingenuity

Haiti’s Flag Day on May 18, 2020 was observed under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing political crisis,

In one of the more striking adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti, tap-tap artists and operators began incorporating public

Haiti’s artisan sector — producers of the hand-crafted paintings, metal art, papier-mâché, and woodcarvings that have given Haitian decorative arts

Easter Sunday 2020 was observed in Haiti in circumstances profoundly different from any previous year, with COVID precautions limiting or

Haiti’s Vodou tradition — one of the world’s most misunderstood and misrepresented religious practices — continued to provide spiritual sustenance,