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Lists of Haiti-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.

Art and Photography

• 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.
• Photography
  • Opus Focus - has a wonderful collection of photographs from Haiti and elsewhere.
  • Haitians in New York: Resisting the 2004 Coup d'État against Aristide - Images of the fight for the restoration of democracy in Haiti.

Culture: Music and More

• Haiti Show - Streaming live over the airwaves and the internet from KPFT 90.1 FM in Galveston, Texas.
• Mapou Productions - Promoting Haitian culture throughout the world.
• Music:
  • La Troupe Mackandal - traditional Afro-Haitian music and dance with master drummer Frisner Augustin.

General Resources

• The Creole Clearinghouse - a lengthy page of links to Haiti-related resources in Creole, English and French.
• Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washington D.C – Search the Documentation section for Haitian political documents and texts of old speeches.
• Governments on the World Wide Web - Haiti A page of vital 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’s Super Web Directory Emmanuel W. Vedrine’s big list of links.
• 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 a trip to Haiti, including a translation of an 1871 tour of the country.
• 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."
• Vedrine Creole Project - List of essays, articles, and other resources - all in Creole.
• Windows on Haiti – Huge resource of links to news, views, arts, and culture.

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 & 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.
• 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.
• Rulers.org - a complete list of Haiti's rulers from 1691 to the present.
• 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.
• 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

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.

Missions and 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.
• Haitian American Ministries - works with organizations and individuals in various cities within the United States and the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti.
• 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.
• USAID/Haiti Home Page - The United States Agency for International Development.

Online Groups and Mailing Lists

• Bob Corbett's Mailing List on Haiti - a moderated list with articles, current events, and discussion.
• Haiti-news list - daily news articles and information about Haiti in e-mail format.
• 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:
  • Group184 - Website of the coalition led by Andy Apaid.
  • Hayti.net website of political party La Fanmi Lavalas. (Englisch, French and Creole)
• Activist Organizations:
  • HaitiAction.net - Website of the Haiti Action Committee.
  • Haiti Reborn - Political action site.
• Haiti Democracy Project - US organization which advocates for "more effecive U.S. policy toward Haiti."
• Haiti Support Group - Very accessible web site with links for travel, events, and more.
• 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, and 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.

Stores

• Haiti Books sells books, CDs, videos, and art.

Travel and Tours

• 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.