This Haitian Heritage Month 🇭🇹 I’m reflecting on our Kreyòl language that encapsulates so beautifully our history and indigenous philosophies.
In 2023, I translated an African children’s story, Fesito Goes to Market, to Haitian Kreyòl, published in Haiti:
https://t.co/dO1SSgrTPG
It’s from Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales (2017). I’m forever grateful for Zermatt Scutt and Louly Lessage from https://t.co/ilE4DoUjU1 for making it possible.
You can support their work through the link below. Queer Haitians at the forefront of this critical work!
Haitian 🇭🇹
Proverb: "Tout kòd gen de bout" or
"Every rope has two ends.
From our last newsletter covering Haiti and our diaspora on Substack.
https://t.co/JlCjZRJgKY
born in a garage🤘🏾and written while I was reading octavia butler’s 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, “idea 1” is about what it feels like to exist in this climate — the weight of being expected to witness, absorb, and speak truth at a time when the world feels like it's unraveling. that's a particular kind of burden Black women know intimately. this song doesn't offer answers, it just refuses to look away.
produced by the brilliant @oscar_scheller
additional guitar by @scarlethouse_
co-written with my talented bestie janiva ellis
mixed by moi 💁🏾♀️
visual directed by 91 rules
creative direction yasser abubeker
https://t.co/kr70DuwjGp
Haitian 🇭🇹 modernist painter,
Luce Turnier (1924-1994), is our latest cover star 💫
Her painting, Which Fabric? (Engraving on Paper), covers our last newsletter covering Haiti and our diaspora from March 7,2026 to March 20, 2026.
https://t.co/HphhJNsZs3
“According to @hrw , as of March 10, at least 1,243 people have been killed by explosive drone strikes, including 17 children.
Beyond the fatalities, the strikes have left 738 people wounded.”
https://t.co/gCIfpktg5z
facts. while making surface-level comparisons are generally common, broadening the analogies between nonblacks and us only further mystifies our relationship to structural violence.
sidenote: it’s still a wonder why AMAB Haitians are named ‘patrick’ when it’s a european name.
celebrates wealth, romance, and ambition, rarely accountability. When protests erupt, the same artists who command the nation's attention often remain silent, or worse, release an anthem that soothes rather than confronts.
Meanwhile, the police and army wait. Their role is
@oursolz - 🇭🇹 (Naderson Saint Pierre) is our latest cover star 💫
His painting, School Children (2026), heads our latest newsletter covering Haiti and our Diaspora from February 22, 2026 - March 6, 2026.
🔗 https://t.co/HphhJNsZs3