Joseph Antoine Tancrede Augustus, was born on March 16, 1856 in Cap-Haïtien, he was president of the Republic of Haiti August 9, 1912 to his death. His presidency, which lasted only 8 months, began in crisis, his predecessor who had just died in the explosion of his palace caused by his political opponents. President Auguste then ordered the reconstruction of the National Palace and established a secret police to thwart conspiracies against the government. Sick, he died during his term on May 2, 1913 in Port-au-Prince.
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Joseph Antoine Tancrède Auguste, vit le jour le 16 mars 1856 à Cap-Haïtien, il fut président de la République d’Haïti le 9 août 1912 à sa mort. Sa présidence, qui ne dura que 8 mois, débuta dans la crise, son prédécesseur venant de mourir dans l’explosion de son palais causée par ses opposants politiques. Le Président Auguste commande alors la reconstruction du Palais national et instaure une police secrète chargée de déjouer les complots contre le gouvernement. Malade, il meurt durant son mandat, le 2 mai 1913 à Port-au-Prince.
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Joseph Antoine Tancrede Augustus, ki te fèt 16 Mas, 1856 nan Cap Haïtien, li te prezidan Repiblik Ayiti, 9 out 1912 a pou jis lanmò li. Prezidans li, ki te dire sèlman 8 mwa, te kòmanse nan yon kriz, predesesè li te fèk mouri nan eksplozyon an nan palè l ‘ki te koze pa opozan politik li yo. Prezidan Auguste te bay lòd pou rekonstriksyon Palè Nasyonal la epi li te etabli yon polis sekrè pou konspirasyon kont gouvènman an. Malad, li te mouri pandan tèm li, Pòtoprens, 2 me 1913.
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Haiti’s Millennial creatives showcased their talent over the weekend in Port-au-Prince during the second edition of Living Hart. An initiative of fashion designer and philanthropist Gayel”Cutiega” Pierre, Living Hart had its first edition in May. This initial expo was so popular, the founder decided to hold one for the month of July at the venue Yanvalou, located in Pacot, a suburb of Port-au-Prince.

The Second Edition featured entertaining performances by Akoustik and K’Zino, two bands emerging out of Haiti and was hosted by musician Badikamal. DJ Nos was on hand to rock the crowd. Haiti’s Millennial creatives from every imaginable creative sector made their presence felt: photography to visual arts to the performing arts.

An attendee sits down as her portrait is drawn by one of Haiti’s creatives. [Photo Credit: Ganderson Lebref/Elma’s Flaco]

Scenes like this were the essence of Living Hart. An artist doing a live mural, as attendees watched. [Photo Credit: Ganderson Lebref/Elma’s Flaco]

Two attendees are all smiles. Living Hart t-shirt on deck.

Participants Ralph St. Fleur and Jetlo on the scene. [Photo Credit: Ganderson Lebref/Elma’s Flaco]

The woman of the hour herself…Ms. Gayel “Cutiega” Pierre. [Photo Credit: Ganderson Lebref/Elma’s Flaco]

Living Hart allows her to promote the talent of her fellow creatives, whose opportunities to showcase themselves are thought to be intermittent at best. Now that Living Hart Haiti has concluded, the creative entrepreneur has plans to do launches in a U.S. city—most likely Miami.

Miami’s very own rapper Zoey Dollaz will debut his song “Port-au-Prince” on the fourth of July at 5:09 p.m., a nod to Haiti’s area code. The song will feature ATL’s Future, Lil Durk, and Casey Veggies.

In an interview with the radio show “The Breakfast Club” earlier this year, the rapper spoke about being born in Miami, and being shipped off to Haiti during his early years, only to be sent for by his family during his childhood.

On the cover of the “Port-au-Prince” mixtape, Zoey Dollaz sits starring defiantly at his voyeurs. He’s wearing a stylish jacket and behind him are a stack of vintage television screens showing images from Haiti’s past.

One of the hottest breakout rappers of the year, Zoey Dollaz is on the Freebandz record label (Future’s label via Epic Records). After he blew up with his track “Blow a Check”, industry pundits were looking left and right to see who would snatch him first, and Future beat out everybody and got his boy…quick!

Check out the preview video of “Port-au-Prince”, in which the rapper spits in Haitian Creole and English.

Video via HipHopDX

Haitian music legend Herby Widmaier, a singer-composer who started his musical career in the late 1950s died on April 27 at his house in Port-au-Prince. Considered a music legend by many for his contributions not only to Haitian music, but to Haitian broadcasting, Widmaier was born in Port-au-Prince in the 1930s. At thirteen, he had built his first radio. He was a popular star at El Rancho, and performed there regularly at the beginning of his career.

He was part of Issa El Saieh’s band, and sung lead on several records. Among his recordings was the jazz-inflected “Woman in Love”.

Mushi and Joel, two of Widmaier’s sons went on to follow his musical footsteps and formed a band called Zekle in the early 1980s.

Widmaier’s father Ricardo Widmaier owned a radio station, and with this exposure, he learned about technical aspects of radio. He later created his own radio station Radio Metropole, which is still operated by Richard, one of his sons.

The deceased’s funeral will be held at a church in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. He was 84.

Condolences and sympathies to his family and other loved ones.

CLICK HERE to read a previous article on the site about Haitian music legend Widmaier.

The capital city of Port-au-Prince will be a techies haven on June 6-7! The Haiti Tech Summit, founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Christine Souffrant-Ntim, will include more than one-hundred speakers, including actress Vicky Jeudy, venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, Google Accelerator founder Roy Glassberg, uber-developer Matt Terrell of Facebook. The two-day event is being billed as Haiti’s largest techie event ever, and it’s not hype!

Haiti’s techies will not be left out of the event, thank you very much! Christian Roy Frombrun, a tech and marketing strategist is among the keynote participants, as are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Ralph Dupoux, photographer and techie Samuel Dameus, Davidson Toussaint of Haiti Tourism Inc, Cleve Mesidor, Michael Verch, and radio host and multimedia personality Carel Pedre. Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis, a former official as well as Haiti’s current president Jovenel Moise are among the keynote speakers.

Many Haitian-Americans are also on board for the event, including Regine Vital, Guelma Emile Allen, Nancy Douyon, Guerlince Semerzier, Caroline Racine, Marc-Alain Boucicault, L’Union Suite founder Wanda Tima-Gilles, Gilles Sassine, Dori Alexandre, Sandra Florvella-Pierre of Haitian Businesses, LLC; Daphnee Charles of COCREAD, and many many more.

You need more names? Your wish is my command…Naisha Silva of Google, Angie Carrillo, Kairos CEO Ryan Brackeen, Elisa Page, founder of BlogHer, Adi Abili, entrepreneur/inventor Ryan Foland, Laura Pincus Hartman, the founder of Ecole de Choix, the multi-lingual school in Mirebalais, Haiti. And ooh, Black Enterprise’s tech editor Sequoia Blodgett is also be among the speakers, as will be Kyra Kyles of Ebony. And how nice to see that Rhonesha Byng of Her Agenda among those present. Actually am a fan of Her Agenda..

Look, my fingers are getting tired…very tired…so many great minds…so many awesome thinkers…like wow…

So many solid participants, so many speakers from every field imaginable. This isn’t a tech summit…it’s more like a two-day masterclass.

Lawd is all I can say! What a tech show!

And how wonderful that it’s Haiti Tech Summit! This event has so much potential…it gives me vertigo just thinking of what it can grow into.

This is the event’s first year, so can you imagine what organizer Souffrant-Ntim will endure to top herself for the sophomore event!

Haiti Tech Summit! In Port-au-Prince!

To get a more thorough picture of all the participants, go on the Haiti Tech Summit website by CLICKING here.

Hooray!

Senator John Kerry made a two-hour stop in Haiti yesterday. Here he is walking alongside Haiti’s prez Michel Martelly.

Here he is being escorted in Port-au-Prince.

Ooh, they went into the conference room.

Haiti’s prez is seen here along with other officials, chatting with Kerry.

Here they are again.

Last year, Kerry had met with Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe in Washington, DC.

[Photo Credit: D. Chery, Demotix, and AP]

Not too long ago, Haiti’s prez had made a visit to New York. CLICK HERE if you missed it.

Gayel Pierre is at it again. The fashion entrepreneur behind G’s Addiction is having the fifth edition of her much-talked-about gathering of creative in Haiti. Pierre has been holding these fairs since last year, as a way to help Haiti-based artists and other creative promote their work, garner new fans, and get additional exposure. Haiti creatives have come to regard Living Hart as an event.

Above: A sketch artist eagerly draws the portrait of a Living Hart attendee. Photo Credit: Bro Photography 509.

The fifth edition will be held at Parc Construction, a venue in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. While Living Hart has been known primarily as a showcase for emerging artists, its musical component has had headliners like award-winning Haitian roots band Boukman Eksperyans.

The last edition was held in June. Whether Ms. Pierre will hold future editions in Canada or even in the USA remains to be seen.

Above: A singer performs at a previous edition of Living Hart. Photo Credit: Mr. Bens.

As was the case with its predecessors, Living Hart 5 will feature live, in-person demos of poets, musicians, craftsman, painters, chefs, graffiti artists, comedians, dancers, and more!

A participant at a previous edition. [Photo Credit: Bro Pro Photography]

[Main Photo Credit: Ti Andy007]

CLICK HERE to read more about Living Hart.

CLICK HERE to see photos of past editions of Living Hart.

Towards the beginning of Haiti’s history, there was a strong link with Germany.

The Wedding at Port-au-Prince by Hans Christoph Buch is a novel written by a German with Haitian roots (this book was actually originally written in German and has been translated by Ralph Manheim). Buch’s great-grandfather Louis was a pharmacist who emigrated to Haiti, just as the 1800s was about to come to a close.

The Wedding at Port-au-Prince is the fictionalized story of German communities in Haiti, but it really begins with the arrival of the French admiral Villaret de Joyeuse, who sails into Port-au-Prince in 1802. This French beginning will give way to the German aspect of the novel’s pages later.

Buch recounts the story of Pauline, the Haitian woman his great-grandfather marries, who dies under mysterious circumstances that her countryman deems vodun-related. Intersected within Buch’s book, are letter exchanges that detail Haitian-German relations from the 1890s down to the 1970s, from the scandal of the so-called Luders affairs, an incident that was to mar relations between Germany and Haiti.

Intrigues, duels, diplomatic gaffes really aren’t supposed to be part of any wedding celebration, but Buch’s story is really about the marriage of two communities, one from Europe and the other the hot Caribbean island of Haiti.

On this day of 9 March 1807 Alexandre Petion becomes President of the Republic of Haiti.
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Following the assassination of Dessalines on October 17, 1806, Pétion championed the ideals of democracy and clashed with Henri Christophe who wanted absolute rule. Christophe was elected president, but he did not believe the position had sufficient power, as Pétion kept powers for himself. Christophe went to the north with his followers and established an autocracy, declaring the State of Haiti. The loyalties of the country divided between them, and the tensions between the blacks and mulattoes of the North and South, respectively, were reignited.
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Pétion was elected President in 1807 of the southern Republic of Haiti. After the inconclusive struggle dragged on until 1810, a peace treaty was agreed to and the country was split in two.
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