The buzz

June 2012:

Mi Espejo (French)
(Claude Sainnécharles partage, avec beaucoup de plaisir, l’illustration réalisée par Marlen Guérin, aquarelliste-illustratrice canadienne, pour la traduction du recueil de poésie Los espejos del tiempo (Les Miroirs du temps)

On peut être un homme sans être un savant
(Paroles prononcées par Gotson Pierre le 2 juin 2012 au Parc du Souvenir lors des funérailles de son père Pressage)

So Spoke the Earth: An Anthology

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May 2012:

Face à face à Vassar (French)
(Michèle Voltaire Marcelin, auteur invitée, a fait une lecture-spectacle de “La Désenchantée” à Vassar cet Avril 2012.)

Rodney Saint-Eloi, l’éditeur haïtien aux mille identités (French)
(Article de Valérie Marin La Meslée, véritable portrait de Rodney Saint-Éloi)

Haiti- Taino petroglyphs and pictographs (English)
(One of the most fascinating and at-risk aspects of Haitian caves are the hundreds of Taino pictographs and petroglyphs that can be found throughout the country.)

Lancement de “L’Aménagement Linguistique en Haïti” (French)
(Publication des Éditions du CIDIHCA)

Cinq auteurs en lice pour le Prix littéraire de la Fondation Prince de Monaco (French)
(Franketienne, Alain Mabanckou, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, René de Ceccatty et Jean-Paul Kauffmann ont été sélectionnés pour le Prix littéraire de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco qui sera décerné le 2 octobre dans la Principauté.)

A CNN Hero (English)
(Recognized as a 2012 CNN Hero: Malya Villard-Appolon, co-founder of KOFAVIV, and a stunningly persistent and effective advocate for poor women in Haiti who are victims of sexual assault.)

Tan Lontan (French)
(Photos de la Collection CIDICHA)

Haiti- Taino petroglyphs and pictographs

Message from Brian David Oakes:

Hi friends,

I wanted to share these recent photographs of Haitian caves, Taino pictographs, and petroglyphs with all of you. Haiti has amazing treasures that we need to record and preserve.

Photographs are located here.

Caves in Haiti, and all that is associated with those caves in terms of their biology, geology, archeology, anthropology, etc., have been little studied. I have been exploring and mapping the caves of Haiti these past 5 years with experts from various institutes in the United States and France. One of the most fascinating and at-risk aspects of Haitian caves are the hundreds of Taino pictographs and petroglyphs that can be found throughout the country.

A first step in the protection of this most wonderful heritage is the documentation and registration of whatever we can find. In order to do this a small group of amateurs and professionals has formed the Haitian Speleological Survey that has set itself a mission to serve as a central repository for recording and documenting as much information as possible related to Haitian Caves.

All are welcome to join and we can be contacted at the [email protected].

In the meantime, please enjoy the pictures and I await your comments.

Let’s work together to make the world aware of the true importance of Haiti to the global community. We also need to encourage our university students to take up related fields of study to better understand our speleology.

Please share with your friends.

Brian

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