toussaint louverture

Look at this photo... A new Toussaint Louverture Statue has been erected in La Rochelle France...

Haitiens, men Nouvo Statue Toussaint Louverture nan ville La Rochelle France... Li fèk inogure... Kisa ou panse?

This new statue of Toussaint Louverture was created by sculptor Ousmane Sow.

What do you think about that?

Reply with your comments

Permalink | Comments

Gade Poster saa... Toussaint Louverture Leadership Poster... Toussaint Louverture was the Leader of the Haitian Revolution, a true example of a great leader.

Permalink | Comments

Monday, 7 Apr 2014, Jimmy put his game face on, with his father in the hospital fighting for his life, Jimmy dressed as Toussaint Louverture for the ceremony to commemorate the death of the Haitian Hero of Independence along side president Martelly and PM Laurent Lamothe.

Permalink | Comments

In 1988, Calypso singer David Rudder of Trinidad & Tobago, produced the classic calypso song "Haiti, I'm sorry".

In the chorus he sang :

Haiti, I'm sorry
We misunderstood you
One day we'll turn our heads
And look inside you
Haiti, I'm sorry. Haiti, I'm sorry
One day we'll turn our heads
Restore your glory.

Today, many all over the world can identify with Rudder's core sentiment, 'Haiti, I'm sorry', even if they do not buy into his argument. For Rudder had maintained that : "Toussaint was a mighty man/And to make matters worse he was black/Black and back in the days when black men knew/Their place was in the back/But this rebel, he walked through Napoleon/Who thought it wasn't very nice/And so today my brothers in Haiti/They still pay the price...yeah, yeah..."

Text by user Sasaye @ forumhaiti.com

Permalink | Comments

From Martin Luther King To Barack Obama, Read this quote from Haitian leader Toussaint Louverture.

"By overthrowing me, you have cut only the trunk of the tree of liberty of the black people. It will spring again from the roots for they are numerous and deep and numerous." -- Toussaint L'Ouverture

Permalink | Comments

Photo and Logo of website ObamaLouverture.com

This photo shows U.S. President Barack Obama with Haitian Revolutionary Leader Toussaint Louverture standing behind him.

Visis the Barack Obama Blog to post comments:
ObamaLouverture.com

Permalink | Comments