A native of Department of l’Artibonite, Victor Benoît (Master Ben) graduated from the university l’École des Hautes Études Internationales of Port-au-Prince. In 1972, he co-founded Collège Jean Price-Mars, where he still teaches history and social science. He is also a social democrat activist, the founder of various political parties and civic movements, and the ex-Minister of National Education and Social Affairs. He devotes his life to fight against dictatorship and social exclusion with a vision to promote a democratic system based on social justice. He is the author of the work Batailles électorales et crises politiques en Haïti (1807-1957) in which he presents the political crises and electoral battles in chronological order, from the events of 1807 to François Duvalier’s rise to power in 1957. Benoît establishes a connection between the electoral battles and the political crises and presents poor governance as the first explanatory factor for a dysfunctional Haitian society. Through this book, Master Ben allows us to revisit our history as a people, its times of crisis and power conflicts.
Victor Benoît (Mèt Ben) se otè yon liv ki rele Batailles électorales et crises politiques en Haïti (1807-1957) kote li prezante tout kriz politik ak batay elektoral yo, nan lòd yo te pase a, kòmanse avèk evènman 1807 yo rive sou lè doktè François Duvalier te monte sou pouvwa an 1957. Benoît montre ki rapò ki genyen ant batay elektoral yo ak kriz politik yo epi li prezante move gouvènans kòm premye faktè ki eksplike move fonksyònman sosyete ayisyen an. Nan liv sa a, mèt Ben fè nou retounen sou listwa pèp nou an, sou moman kriz li te travèse, epi sou lit ki te genyen pou pouvwa. C3 Editions, 210 paj, janvye 2019.