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The official languages of Haiti are French and Haitian Creole. Traditionally, the two languages served different functions, with Haitian Creole the informal everyday language of all the people, regardless of social class, and French the language of formal situations: schools, newspapers, the law and the courts, and official documents and decrees.
The Haitian expression, Mereng ouvri bal, mereng fème ba; (The mereng opens the ball, the mereng closes the ball) alludes to the popularity and ubiquity of the méringue as an elite entertainment. In nineteenth-century Haiti, the ability to dance the méringue, as well as a host of other dances, was considered a sign of good breeding.
Haiti averages approximately 350 people per square kilometer (910 people/sq mi), with its population concentrated most heavily in urban areas, coastal plains, and valleys. People in Port-au-Prince Most Haitians are descendants of black Africans who were enslaved and trafficked from Africa during the Atlantic slave trade .
Haitians and Haitian Americans have been thrust into an unfavorable and dangerous spotlight due to the unfounded and hateful rumor that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio have been eating people's pets ...
Aside from human-made catastrophes, Haiti still has not fully recovered from the devastating earthquake in 2010 that killed about 220,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless, many of them living ...
Haitian citizens living outside the United States (in Haiti or a third country) who do not have citizenship, residency, or refugee status in a third country may qualify for this program. You can ...
This is a list of notable Haitian people. It includes people who were born in Haiti or possess Haitian citizenship, who are notable in Haiti and abroad. Due to Haitian nationality laws, dual citizenship is now permitted by the Constitution of Haiti, therefore people of Haitian ancestry born outside of the country are not included in this list, unless they have renounced their foreign ...
Haiti and its people have asked for help. We should give it to them, but how is always the tough nut to crack for the international community, which has for too long let costs and expediency guide ...