During his first trip to the New World in 1492, Christopher Columbus made several landfalls throughout the Caribbean, including on the island now known as Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The country has endured 33 coups. What explains this sorry history? Haiti got off to a wretched start and never recovered. During their revolt against the French, Haitians massacred the white ...

Haitian community center leader Viles Dorsainvil says Springfield event May 3 will help Americans understand who Haitians are ...

That, said Daut, a renown expert on Haiti’s history and revolution who will be giving a public lecture at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Richter Library at the University of Miami, is what drove her to ...

Worshipers venerate intermediary spirits, such as the orisha gods of the Yoruba people who inhabit what is now Nigeria, Benin and Togo, and figures from Haitian history. The faith is decentralized.

Thousands of Haitian American parishioners gathered for Lenten worship services at Notre Dame d'Haiti, a Catholic church in ...

The event marks the first time Rara music, a genre with roots in Haitian history and tradition, will be performed on the Seacoast. PORTSMOUTH — For the first time ever, Rara music is coming to ...