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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on May 16, 2016, 04:19:33 PM
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When I see a Haitian, I almost always think I am looking at a Congolese.
Yep, Haiti — in the Caribbean — will become part of Africa. It will be the first non-African country to join the AU bloc.
Culturally, though, a lot of people feel like the two are already joined.
“Haiti always calls itself ... a little piece of Africa in the Caribbean, so I think it’s only fitting that now they made it official,” said Garry Pierre-Pierre, publisher of the Brooklyn-based Haitian Times.
“We share so much of the African culture from religious practices to the way we interact,” said Pierre-Pierre. “When I lived [in West Africa], it reminded me so much of Haiti, it was uncanny.”
http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-13/haiti-caribbean-country-joining-african-union
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And why not. They have shown, consistently over a long period, that they have all the "requisite" attributes.
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And why not. They have shown, consistently over a long period, that they have all the "requisite" attributes.
Yes they have. Haiti's history is fascinating. The slave revolt was possible partly because of a dangerously large population of recently arrived slaves, many of them from the same part of Africa, mostly Congo. This was generally considered a bad idea by slavers.
Things started to go South immediately the French were eliminated with Jean-Jacques Dessalines declaring himself emperor, the country splitting up into two factions shortly after his assassination.
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I hope another Baby Doc takes over the country and joins the other Papa Docs of Africa like M7 and Mugabe.