The world’s first independent black republic, Haiti was forged in the fire of history’s only successful slave revolution. Yet more than two hundred years later, the full promise of the revolution—a free country and a free people—remains unfulfilled. Domestic forces have certainly contributed to Haiti’s turbulence. However, external actors, including the United States, the United Nations, and non-profits have always wielded considerable influence on Haiti’s past and her present. This panel will examine how this outside influence affected the country’s notions of sovereignty and its citizens’ efforts to build a truly independent country. With Michael Deibert, Robert Fatton Jr., Robert Maguire, y Chantalle F. Verna.

Programas ReadCaribbean creados en colaboración con Sosyete Koukouy, Ayiti Images, el Consulado General de Francia en Miami, el Festival de Literatura de Bocas y ReadJamaica, con el apoyo de la Green Family Foundation.

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