Alexandra Barbot – Artist

Alexandra Barbot has a degree from the State University of Port-Au-Prince Haiti for law, and a certificate in German language from the Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich Germany. Ms. Barbot is also an author. She has published in 1993 “De la protection de l’environnement en Haiti”.

For her master degree in law that will be available in 2011 to the public. She has co-published in 1998 an article with two German attorneys “Produkt Piraterie, ein wirtschaftliches problem” and for a German business club. Ms. Barbot has co-published and illustrated in 2008 and 2009 with Mrs. Jeanine Agnant “Mommy tell me about Haiti”. She studied art with the internationally renowned Haitian Roland Dorcely. Mrs. Barbot has exhibited her work in Haiti, Germany and France and has worked with many Haitian and American nonprofit organizations in Miami. She donates her artwork to worthy causes for fund-raising events. She…

Our physical attributes were solely designed for the purpose of identification and at best to underline our uniqueness in a world of many beings. However, out of egocentrism, we have decided to utilize them in order to outline our differences with the intent to disparage others qualities thinking that would in turn enhance ours. The notion of races illustrates such an assertion as categorizing human beings into groups based on skin colors and physical attributes establishes such distinctions which later evolve into prejudices. Our competitive nature takes over to pit one group against another contending that one is superior to the other.

The longer we persist in acknowledging and creating disparities that set us apart instead of finding and enjoying similarities that bind us, the schism of racism will survive and continue to make our lives intolerable. Relying on the next person to initiate the process will definitely not solve…

Nomination bafouée de Margaret Papillon au Astrid Lindgren Award 2015

Margaret Papillon est le seul auteur haïtien à consacrer une bonne partie de son œuvre littéraire à la jeunesse de son pays. Aussi, ce n’est pas sans raison que le Swedish Arts Council trouva cause d’approuver sa candidature et la nomina d’emblée pour le Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award(ALMA), édition 2015. A noter que ce serait la première fois que notre pays aurait le privilège de participer à un concours égalant le Prix Nobel en prestige. Malheureusement, pour des raisons encore obscures, l’agent de liaison de la IBBY(International Board on Books for Young People) en Haïti informa ALMA qu’elle n’assumait pas la responsabilité de la nomination de Margaret Papillon, ainsi confirmant le retrait d’Haïti à cette illustre compétition globale. La section IBBY d’Haïti est l’organisme affecté à la promotion de la littérature jeunesse du pays. Une pétition a été lancée…