Culture

Every January 1st, Haitians around the world celebrate independence with soup joumou — a rich, hearty pumpkin soup that carries

Christmas in Haiti — Nowèl — brought moments of warmth and family reunion to a country that had endured one

Haiti’s national football team provided some of the year’s rare moments of collective joy in 2019, with the Grenadiers’ performances

A new generation of Haitian photojournalists and documentary photographers emerged in 2019 as essential chroniclers of their country’s political crisis,

Haitian Creole — Kreyòl — the language spoken by all of Haiti’s 11 million people, was both a unifying cultural

As Haiti struggled through its 2019 political crisis, many commentators returned to the country’s founding story as a source of

To understand Haiti’s contemporary challenges, many historians argue, one must understand its colonial history as Saint-Domingue — the most profitable

Haiti’s kompa music industry — the backbone of the country’s popular music scene — faced an existential challenge in 2019

Haitian visual art has long been recognized internationally for its vibrancy, originality, and the way it distills Haitian history, culture,

Haiti’s Flag Day on May 18, 2019 — the anniversary of the creation of the Haitian flag in 1803 during