Tag: Haiti

1800s Only after independence in 1804 is there a national literature in Haiti. To begin with, it was especially about a patriotic literature that emphasized Haiti’s leadership role among the countries that fought against slavery and colonization and which attacked contemporary racial theories. This tradition can be traced back to Le Système colonial dévoilé (1814) […]

Haiti is mountainous; about. 2/5 of the land is greater than 500 m. Four limestone mountain ranges extend through the country in an east-west direction. The highest parts of the mountains usually consist of magmatic rocks, crystalline shales or older sediments. The landscape is subject to frequent earthquakes. At the far north is the Massif […]

Haiti is a republic in the Caribbean, and constitutes the western third of the island of Hispaniola that is shared with the Dominican Republic. The country is the most mountainous in the Caribbean, the capital is Port-au-Prince. The population, unlike neighboring countries, is mainly of African origin and is Creole and French speaking. Creole is […]