Is Haiti a Nation State?

Alin L. Hall is the founder of Xaragua Advisory Group which is an initiative borne out of the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010. He is formerly a private banker with Wells Fargo Bank in Palm Beach County Florida and brings over 10 years of experience in the banking, securities, mortgage and insurance industries. Before joining Wells Fargo Bank, he was a financial advisor with MetLife in Fort Lauderdale Florida. Prior to MetLife, he was a mortgage executive with RBC Centura Bank (Royal Bank of Canada). Alin is currently a financial analyst at Service Finance Company, Llc. Alin holds the CFP® designation from the CFP Board of Standards, a bachelor of science in finance from Nova Southeastern University and a master of science in finance from Florida Atlantic University. Alin is also a well-read author who has published a historical essay on the contribution of southern Haiti to the first afro-descendant self-determination experiment in America. As a frequent columnist for the main Haitian newspaper (Le Nouvelliste), he has regularly written about Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS) and the psychopathology affecting afro-descendants. As a result of several years of research, Alin has developed the Transplantation Theory and is about to publish his findings in “Le Syndrome du Transplanté”.   Alin L. Hall se fondatè Gwoup Konsiltatif Xaragua a (Xaragua Advisory Group) ki se yon inisyativ yo te kreye alasuit tranblemanntè ki te devaste Ayiti an nan lane 2010. Anvan sa li te yon bankye prive nan Wells Fargo Bank nan Konte Palm Beach nan Florida epi li gen plis pase 10 lane eksperyans nan endistri bank, valè mobilye, ipotèk ak asirans. Anvan li te antre nan Wells Fargo Bank, li te konseye finansye nan MetLife nan Fort Lauderdale Florida. Anvan MetLife, li te jesyonè kont ipotekè nan RBC Centura Bank (Royal Bank of Canada). Kounye a Alin se yon analis finansye nan Service Finance Company, Llc. Alin resevwa tit CFP® a (Planifikatè Finansye Sètifye) nan men CFP Board of Standards, yon lisans nan finans nan men Nova Southeastern University ak yon metriz nan finans nan men Florida Atlantic University. Alin se yon otè ki pibliye tou yon esè istorik sou kontribisyon sid Ayiti nan premye eksperyans avèk desandan Afriken ki te granmoun tèt yo nan Lamerik. Kòm kwonikè ki ekri souvan nan pi gwo jounal ayisyen an (Le Nouvelliste), li regilyèman pibliye sou Sendwòm Estrès Apre Esklavaj (Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, PTSS) ak pwoblèm sikolojik ki touche desandan Afriken yo. Gras a plizyè ane rechèch, Alin elabore Teyori Transplantasyon an epi li pare pou pibliye konklizyon li yo nan “Le Syndrome du Transplanté”.

Christophe Philippe Charles (born 1951) is a Haitian poet. Born in Port-au-Prince, Charles received a philosophy degree from the University of Haiti. One of his best-known poems is Désastre (1975). Two of his books have been translated in English: Love and Liberty (Choucoune, 1979) and The Word Cycle and Other Love Songs: Selected poems (Choucoune, 1999) Christophe Philippe Charles (ki te fèt an 1951) se yon powèt ayisyen. Charles, ki te fèt nan Pòtoprens, te resevwa yon diplòm folozofi nan men Inivèsite Deta Dayiti. Youn nan powèm ki pi selèb li yo se Désastre (1975). Gen de nan liv li yo ki trandui nan angle: Love and Liberty (Choucoune, 1979) ak The Word Cycle and Other Love Songs: Selected poems (Choucoune, 1999)

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.