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Lists of [[Haiti]] and [[Saint-Domingue]]-related websites. These websites have been compiled for the benefit of the community and are not associated with with The Louverture Project, except where indicated. | Lists of [[Haiti]] and [[Saint-Domingue]]-related websites. These websites have been compiled for the benefit of the community and are not associated with with The Louverture Project, except where indicated. | ||
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====Audio and Video==== | ====Audio and Video==== | ||
* YouTube: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZK7Blk3ztpI&v3| Black August 2004 by Mumia Abu Jamal (audio/video)] - Read by Mr. Jamal, set to music track and images of war. | * YouTube: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZK7Blk3ztpI&v3| Black August 2004 by Mumia Abu Jamal (audio/video)] - Read by Mr. Jamal, set to music track and images of war. | ||
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* [http://www.artshaiti.com/ Arts of Haiti] - Arts of Haiti provides a sales point for several artists working in and near [[Cap Haitien]]. | * [http://www.artshaiti.com/ Arts of Haiti] - Arts of Haiti provides a sales point for several artists working in and near [[Cap Haitien]]. | ||
* [http://www.carrieartcollection.com/index.html Carrie Art Collection] - art collectors in Petion-Ville. The web site has a collection of images online. | * [http://www.carrieartcollection.com/index.html Carrie Art Collection] - art collectors in Petion-Ville. The web site has a collection of images online. | ||
| + | * [http://www.fosaj.com/ FOSAJ - Fanal Otantik Sant D'A Jakmel] - Art center in [[ Jacmel]] hosting artists studios, performance space, workshops, cultural events, and visiting artist residencies. | ||
* Landau Traveling Exhibitions: [http://www.a-r-t.com/lawrence/LouvertureWeb/ Toussaint Louverture Series by Jacob Lawrence] - Prints by the late Jacob Lawrence with accompanying text. | * Landau Traveling Exhibitions: [http://www.a-r-t.com/lawrence/LouvertureWeb/ Toussaint Louverture Series by Jacob Lawrence] - Prints by the late Jacob Lawrence with accompanying text. | ||
** [http://www.a-r-t.com/lawrence/LouvertureWeb/pages/birth.htm Toussaint Louverture Series by Jacob Lawrence] - Just the (larger) images of the Lawrence prints. | ** [http://www.a-r-t.com/lawrence/LouvertureWeb/pages/birth.htm Toussaint Louverture Series by Jacob Lawrence] - Just the (larger) images of the Lawrence prints. | ||
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*[http://www.selfharmony.co.uk/leahgordon/haitivodou/1.htm Leah Gordon Photography] - Images of Haitian [[vodou]]. | *[http://www.selfharmony.co.uk/leahgordon/haitivodou/1.htm Leah Gordon Photography] - Images of Haitian [[vodou]]. | ||
* Haiti Dream Keeper Archives: [http://www.pbase.com/mkarshan/haiti_dream_keeper_archives_1 Images from Haiti's National Palace website from President Aristide's second administration] | * Haiti Dream Keeper Archives: [http://www.pbase.com/mkarshan/haiti_dream_keeper_archives_1 Images from Haiti's National Palace website from President Aristide's second administration] | ||
| + | * [http://www.pbase.com/kesler Kesler Pierre's photo galleries] - Images from Haiti. | ||
==Authors== | ==Authors== | ||
*[http://www.jeanmetellus.com/ Web site of the author Jean Métellus] - (In French) | *[http://www.jeanmetellus.com/ Web site of the author Jean Métellus] - (In French) | ||
| − | ==Culture: Music and More== | + | ==Culture: Dance, Food, Music and More== |
* [http://www.mapouproductions.com/ Mapou Productions] - Promoting Haitian culture throughout the world. | * [http://www.mapouproductions.com/ Mapou Productions] - Promoting Haitian culture throughout the world. | ||
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| + | ====Food and Drinks==== | ||
| + | =====Haitian Food===== | ||
| + | * [http://www.everythinghaitian.com/HaitianCuisine/Default.aspx Haitian Recipes and Cooking Tips] - Info on everythinghaitian.com | ||
| + | =====Drinks===== | ||
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| + | ======Haitian Rum====== | ||
| + | * [http://www.barbancourt.net/barbancourt/langue.html Rhum Barbancourt] - Website of the world-renown rum distillery. | ||
| + | ** [http://www.refinedvices.com/Rum-Reviews/rhum-barbancourt-8-years Rum review: Rhum Barbancourt Réserve Spéciale 8 Years] - From refinedvices.com. | ||
| + | * [http://www.therumelier.com/id76.html Haitian Rhums and Clairin] - Information from therumelier.com. | ||
====Music and Dance==== | ====Music and Dance==== | ||
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* [http://www.margueritelaurent.com/ezilidanto_whatis.html The Ezilidanto Spoken Word Dance Theater] | * [http://www.margueritelaurent.com/ezilidanto_whatis.html The Ezilidanto Spoken Word Dance Theater] | ||
*[http://www.makandal.org/ La Troupe Makandal] - traditional Afro-Haitian music and dance with master drummer Frisner Augustin, based in New York City. | *[http://www.makandal.org/ La Troupe Makandal] - traditional Afro-Haitian music and dance with master drummer Frisner Augustin, based in New York City. | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.zooomr.com/photos/529pixs/sets/17626/ Photographs of Tonel Lakay performing] - Images by Dominique Esser. | |
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=====Music===== | =====Music===== | ||
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* '''Performers:''' | * '''Performers:''' | ||
| − | ** [http://www. | + | ** [http://www.myspace.com/buyujazz Alix 'Buyu' Ambroise] - Fusion of Jazz and traditional Haitian music. |
** [http://emelinemichel.homestead.com/Home.html Emeline Michel] - "''La Reine de la Chanson Creole''" | ** [http://emelinemichel.homestead.com/Home.html Emeline Michel] - "''La Reine de la Chanson Creole''" | ||
** [http://mozayik.com/news/ Mozayik] - "''Jazz with a Haitian flavor''" | ** [http://mozayik.com/news/ Mozayik] - "''Jazz with a Haitian flavor''" | ||
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* [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Haitian+Creole/ Haitian Creole to English Dictionary] - Webster's Online Dictionary. | * [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Haitian+Creole/ Haitian Creole to English Dictionary] - Webster's Online Dictionary. | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_language Haitian Creole language] - Wikipedia page about the Haitian Creole language. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_language Haitian Creole language] - Wikipedia page about the Haitian Creole language. | ||
| − | * [http://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Kreyòl Wikipedia Pages] - Paj Prensipal - Portal for Wikipedia pages in [[Kreyòl]]. | + | * '''[http://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Kreyòl Wikipedia Pages]''' - Paj Prensipal - Portal for Wikipedia pages in [[Kreyòl]]. |
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* [http://www.palli.ch/~kapeskreyol/bibliographie/vedrine.html Vedrine Creole Project] - List of essays, articles, and other resources - all in Creole. | * [http://www.palli.ch/~kapeskreyol/bibliographie/vedrine.html Vedrine Creole Project] - List of essays, articles, and other resources - all in Creole. | ||
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* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Haiti Haiti - SourceWatch] - Wiki webpages by the Center for Media & Democracy, dedicated to "produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda". | * [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Haiti Haiti - SourceWatch] - Wiki webpages by the Center for Media & Democracy, dedicated to "produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda". | ||
===Haiti and the U.S.A.=== | ===Haiti and the U.S.A.=== | ||
| + | * [http://www.haitianhistory.org/ Haitian American Historical Society] - Leads a project to honor those Haitians who fought for U.S. Independence at the Siege of Savannah in 1779. | ||
* [http://www.haiti-usa.org Haiti & the USA - Linked by History and Community] – Haitian history, with special focus on Haiti's intersections with the US. This website is run by Dr. Bob Maguire of the [[Trinity College Haiti Program]]. | * [http://www.haiti-usa.org Haiti & the USA - Linked by History and Community] – Haitian history, with special focus on Haiti's intersections with the US. This website is run by Dr. Bob Maguire of the [[Trinity College Haiti Program]]. | ||
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/haiti_inquiry.htm Inquiry Into Occupation and Administration of Haiti and The Dominican Republic] - 1922 Senate report on the U.S. occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. | * [http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/haiti_inquiry.htm Inquiry Into Occupation and Administration of Haiti and The Dominican Republic] - 1922 Senate report on the U.S. occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. | ||
| − | * [http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/quasi.htm Quasi War documents at the Avalon Project] - American historical documents relating to the [[Quasi-War]] with France, including the 1799 proclamation regarding U.S. trade with St. Domingo. | + | * [http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/quasi.htm Quasi War documents at the Avalon Project] - American historical documents relating to the ''[[Quasi-War]]'' with France, including the 1799 proclamation regarding U.S. trade with St. Domingo. |
==History, Revolutionary== | ==History, Revolutionary== | ||
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* [http://www.haititravels.org Haiti Travels] provides an impressive range of services to the first-time traveler. They also have ambitious plans for a historical park. | * [http://www.haititravels.org Haiti Travels] provides an impressive range of services to the first-time traveler. They also have ambitious plans for a historical park. | ||
* [http://www.travelinghaiti.com/index.asp Traveling Haiti] – Plan a trip to Haiti and pick up a little Haitian Kreyol. | * [http://www.travelinghaiti.com/index.asp Traveling Haiti] – Plan a trip to Haiti and pick up a little Haitian Kreyol. | ||
| + | * [http://www.travel2haiti.com Travel 2 Haiti] - Gives basic information on Haitian towns and tourist destinations. | ||
==Vodou== | ==Vodou== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:31, 23 September 2009
Lists of Haiti and Saint-Domingue-related websites. These websites have been compiled for the benefit of the community and are not associated with with The Louverture Project, except where indicated.
Contents
[hide]- 1 Visual Arts
- 2 Authors
- 3 Culture: Dance, Food, Music and More
- 4 General Resources
- 5 History, General
- 6 History, Revolutionary
- 7 International Community and Haiti
- 8 Maps
- 9 Miscellaneous
- 10 Missions, Foundations and Human Rights Organizations
- 11 Online Books
- 12 Online Groups and Mailing Lists
- 13 Politics
- 14 Periodicals, Magazines, Newspapers and Broadcast Media
- 15 Stores
- 16 Travel and Tours
- 17 Vodou
Visual Arts
Audio and Video
- YouTube: Black August 2004 by Mumia Abu Jamal (audio/video) - Read by Mr. Jamal, set to music track and images of war.
- Black August 2004 by Mumia Abu Jamal (text version) - Mumia Abu Jamal comments on the Haitian Revolution culminating in the events of 1804(2004).
Visual Arts
- ArtMedia Haiti - The Center of Haitian Art. Some art is available for purchase online.
- Arts of Haiti - Arts of Haiti provides a sales point for several artists working in and near Cap Haitien.
- Carrie Art Collection - art collectors in Petion-Ville. The web site has a collection of images online.
- FOSAJ - Fanal Otantik Sant D'A Jakmel - Art center in Jacmel hosting artists studios, performance space, workshops, cultural events, and visiting artist residencies.
- Landau Traveling Exhibitions: Toussaint Louverture Series by Jacob Lawrence - Prints by the late Jacob Lawrence with accompanying text.
- Toussaint Louverture Series by Jacob Lawrence - Just the (larger) images of the Lawrence prints.
- Laurent Valere - Martinique based artist who painted a series centered on Haitian national hero Charlemagne Péralte.
- Caribbean Passion: Haiti: 1804 - Series of paintings London-based artist, Kimathi Donkor to celebrate Haiti's bicentenary.
- Grabado Latinoamericano: Linocut illustrations from Damballah's House a novel by Petion Savain. Haiti 1939.
Photography
- Opus Focus - has a wonderful collection of photographs by Daniel Kedar from Haiti and elsewhere.
- Leah Gordon Photography - Images of Haitian vodou.
- Haiti Dream Keeper Archives: Images from Haiti's National Palace website from President Aristide's second administration
- Kesler Pierre's photo galleries - Images from Haiti.
Authors
- Web site of the author Jean Métellus - (In French)
Culture: Dance, Food, Music and More
- Mapou Productions - Promoting Haitian culture throughout the world.
Food and Drinks
Haitian Food
- Haitian Recipes and Cooking Tips - Info on everythinghaitian.com
Drinks
Haitian Rum
- Rhum Barbancourt - Website of the world-renown rum distillery.
- Rum review: Rhum Barbancourt Réserve Spéciale 8 Years - From refinedvices.com.
- Haitian Rhums and Clairin - Information from therumelier.com.
Music and Dance
Dance & Haitian Drumming
- The Ezilidanto Spoken Word Dance Theater
- La Troupe Makandal - traditional Afro-Haitian music and dance with master drummer Frisner Augustin, based in New York City.
- Photographs of Tonel Lakay performing - Images by Dominique Esser.
Music
- Information about Haitian Music
- La Médiathèque Caraïbe: Vodou music in Haiti - Information and background on Haitian Vodou music by Dr. Lois Wilcken, the Executive Director of La Troupe Mackandal.
- Performers:
- Alix 'Buyu' Ambroise - Fusion of Jazz and traditional Haitian music.
- Emeline Michel - "La Reine de la Chanson Creole"
- Mozayik - "Jazz with a Haitian flavor"
- Tabou Combo - One of Haiti's most famous Konpa bands.
General Resources
- Haiti’s Super Web Directory Emmanuel W. Vedrine’s big list of links.
- Haiti Forum - a link portal promoting Haiti and Haitian culture.
- Haiti Info Bi-lingual blog-style list of news reports and other articles.
- Haiti-Référence French – a wealth of information on Haiti past and present, including the text of Toussaint's Constitution of 1801.
.* Haiti Support Group – Very accessible web site with news for travelers, event updates, and a brief summary of famous Haitians.
- InterMedia - Big, good looking site, lots of Haiti links. Especially check out the Haiti Global Village, a bilingual online community of Haitians
- Journal of Haitian Studies - Part of the Center for Black Studies, this is the "official publication of the Haitian Studies Association," a refereed scholarly journal.
- Kreyol.com - Excellent site by artist Hertz Nazaire. Includes a Creole dictionary online. Check out the new book - Revolution 1804-2004.
- Kreyol Belle – articles and pictures from living in Haiti, including a translation of an 1871 tour of the country, introductions to St Mark, Ti Riviere et Kenscoff.
- Latin American Network Information Center's Haiti Page - a portal page with many good links.
- Multicultural Florida - Long list of links suffers from lack of organization.
- Soul in a Bottle – Madison Smartt Bell's "work in progress about contemporary Haiti."
- Windows on Haiti – Huge resource of links to news, views, arts, and culture.
Haitian Creole
- The Creole Clearinghouse - a lengthy page of links to Haiti-related resources in Creole, English and French.
- Haitian Creole Dictionary - Haitian Creole, English, French and Spanish online dictionary.
- Haitian Creole to English Dictionary - Webster's Online Dictionary.
- Haitian Creole language - Wikipedia page about the Haitian Creole language.
- Kreyòl Wikipedia Pages - Paj Prensipal - Portal for Wikipedia pages in Kreyòl.
- Vedrine Creole Project - List of essays, articles, and other resources - all in Creole.
Haitian Government
- General Information:
- Governments on the World Wide Web - Haiti A page of vital links.
- Konstitisyon Repiblik d Ayiti 1987 -- an kreyòl - 1887 version of the Haitian constitution (Haitian Creole text)
- Georgetown University -Political Database of the Americas: Republic of Haiti Constitutions - (French and English text)
- Embassies and Consulates:
- Consulates:
- Consulat Général d'Haïti à Montréal - Haitian consulate general in Montreal, Canada.
- Haitian Consulate of New York
- Embassies:
- Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washington D.C – Search the Documentation section for Haitian political documents and texts of old speeches.
- Consulates:
- Banque de République de Haïti - Haitian National Bank.
History, General
- Augusta Elmwood's Saint-Domingue page – Excellent collection of bibliographical and geneological resouces.
- Bob Corbett's Haiti Page – A top-notch collection of resources on Haiti. See especially links to the Haiti Mailing List and Corbett’s essays on the revolutionary period.
- Haiti - A Country Study - A book on Haiti from the Library of Congress. Includes history. Mirrored here.
- Haiti almanac info from World Statesmen - Includes flags, lists of governors, prime ministers, etc.
- The Haitian Revolution - University of Albany pathfinder site full of links and resources.
- Historical Chronology of Haiti - from the Combined Arms Research Library.
- The History of the Republic of Haiti, Hartford Web Publishing - HWP has a huge collection of historical documents in its online archives, including these about Haiti.
- Poles in Haiti - Web site recounting the fate of the Polish soldiers sent by Napoléon Bonaparte, many of which sided with the Haitian revolutionaries.
- Rulers.org - a complete list of Haiti's rulers from 1691 to the present.
- Center for History and New Media (George Mason U.) and American Social History Project (City U. of New York):
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution - over 600 documents relating to the French Revolution. - Haiti - SourceWatch - Wiki webpages by the Center for Media & Democracy, dedicated to "produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda".
Haiti and the U.S.A.
- Haitian American Historical Society - Leads a project to honor those Haitians who fought for U.S. Independence at the Siege of Savannah in 1779.
- Haiti & the USA - Linked by History and Community – Haitian history, with special focus on Haiti's intersections with the US. This website is run by Dr. Bob Maguire of the Trinity College Haiti Program.
- Inquiry Into Occupation and Administration of Haiti and The Dominican Republic - 1922 Senate report on the U.S. occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
- Quasi War documents at the Avalon Project - American historical documents relating to the Quasi-War with France, including the 1799 proclamation regarding U.S. trade with St. Domingo.
History, Revolutionary
- Glossary of the French Revolution at Wikipedia.
- Haitian American Historical Society - primary movers behind the proposed Savannah monument to Haitians in the American Revolution.
- John Garrigus Homepage – Garrigus is a professor and author. His site includes translations of primary texts and PDFs of some of Garrigus's publications.
- The Toussaint Table - at Chicken Bones has a collection of links to essays and articles on Haiti.
- University of Albany Haitian Revolution pathfinder - English-language sources of "frequently mentioned texts, encyclopedias, bibliographies, biographical sources, indexes and abstracts, and links to Web resources."
International Community and Haiti
- COHA - Council on Hemispheric Affairs. Periodically publishes articles on Haiti
- MICIVIH - OAS/UN International Mission in Haiti
- OAS's Situation In Haiti - Documents, speeches, and press releases from the Organization of American States
- Embassy - Haiti - See the link at the bottom of the page on International Policy towards Haiti.
Maps
- See the Haiti Maps page
Miscellaneous
- Gays and lesbians in Haiti - Webpage dealing with aspects of being a homosexual within Haitian society.
- Weather in Port-au-Prince - Includes five day forecast.
Missions, Foundations and Human Rights Organizations
Missions
- Haitian American Ministries - works with organizations and individuals in various cities within the United States and the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti.
Foundations
- EDEM Foundation - Provides access to opportunities for the children of Haiti through sustainable education, agriculture, farming and community development.
- Haitian American Foundation - serving Haitian Americans in South Florida.
- Healing Hands for Haiti - Volunteer organization to bring rehabilitative medicine to Haitians. Also operates a guest house.
- Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti – provides legal and other support for democracy and human rights issues.
- Project Teach Haiti – provides training for Haitian teachers and administrators.
- Sant La - a Haitian Neighborhood Center serving the Haitian-American community of South Florida.
Human Rights Organizations
Online Books
- Haiti A Slave Revolution - Collection of essays and excerpts reviewing Haiti's history and political situation to 2004. Most of the content is available Online (also available in print: ISBN ISBN 097475210X ).
- Papa Toussaint, historical novel by C. Richard Gillespie. (also available in print: ISBN 1583481249 ).
- Reflections on the Life and Times of Toussaint L'Overture... - Online edition of a book by David Augustus Straker (1886. Columbia, SC: Charles A. Calvo Jr.)
- Histoire de l'expédition des Français à Saint-Domingue sous le consulat de Napoléon Bonaparte by Isaac Louverture and Antoine Métral. (1825). Paris: Fanjat Ainé. Available online (Google Books). (French text)
Online Groups and Mailing Lists
- Bob Corbett's Mailing List on Haiti - a moderated list with articles, current events, and discussion.
- Kreyol Yahoo!Group
Politics
Note that The Louverture Project does not endorse any of these sites or their views. The links are provided solely as a reference.
- Political organizations:
- Hayti.net website of political party La Fanmi Lavalas. (Englisch, French and Creole)
- Activist Organizations:
- HaitiAction.net - Website of the Haiti Action Committee.
- Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network - HLLN, promoting the civil, human and cultural rights of Haitians living at home and abroad.
- Haiti Reborn - Political action site.
- Haiti Democracy Project - US organization which advocates for "more effecive U.S. policy toward Haiti". Widely denounced as anti-Haitian right wing group.
- Haiti Support Group - Very accessible web site with links for travel, events, and more from this U.K. based group.
- Institute for Research in the Science of Politics - Interesting site. Self-professed Haiti-focused interest group, contains news analysis, essays, and poetry (!).
- Organization of American States' Dec. 17 report - OAS report of the Commission of Inquiry into the events of December 17, 2001 in Haiti.
Periodicals, Magazines, Newspapers and Broadcast Media
Newspapers
- Boston Haitian Reporter - a monthly English language newspaper "with an editorial emphasis on the Haitian-American experience in Greater Boston and the United States."
- Haïti Progrès - weekly newspaper offering coverage of Haiti from a left perspective. Mostly French and Haitian Creole pages, some English content.
- Haïti en Marche - Florida based French language Haitian newspaper with a left of center perspective.
- Haitian Times - weekly full-color conservative newspaper (New York based) offering English coverage of Haiti and Haitian Americans.
- Miami Herald Haiti News Page - Aggregated page of Haiti news, including on-the-scene reports from Michael A.W. Ottey and a special report on the Bicentennial.
Radio Stations and Programs
- Haiti Show - Streaming live over the airwaves and the internet from non-commercial Pacifica Radio station KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston, Texas.
- Lakou New York - Haitian left of center Radio station broadcasting in Haitian Creole from Brooklyn, NY.
- Radio Soleil d'Haïti - 24 hour Haitian radio station with a left of center perspective, broadcasting from Brooklyn, NY.
Internet based News about Haiti
- Caribbean Net News - Haiti news from Caribbean Net News based in the Cayman Islands. Articles often from Agence France Presse.
- Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Haiti - "Backpack journalist" Kevin Sites' documentary feature series on Haiti.
Stores
- Haiti Books sells books, CDs, videos, and art.
Travel and Tours
- Haiti Travel Guide - from Wikitravel.
- Haiti Travels provides an impressive range of services to the first-time traveler. They also have ambitious plans for a historical park.
- Traveling Haiti – Plan a trip to Haiti and pick up a little Haitian Kreyol.
- Travel 2 Haiti - Gives basic information on Haitian towns and tourist destinations.
Vodou
- Vodoun Culture - Information about many aspects of Haitian culture related to Vodou, as well as information about Haiti's major religion itself.
- La Médiathèque Caraïbe: Vodou music in Haiti - Information and background on Haitian Vodou music by Dr. Lois Wilcken, the Executive Director of La Troupe Mackandal.
