Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I: SOVEREIGNTY AND SURVIVAL
5. The Aftermath: Responding to the Crisis (2011–2022) 23
6. A Marshall Plan for a Haiti at Peace: To Continue or End the Legacy of the Revolution (October 2010) 37
7. Submission or Omission: Haiti’s Challenge in Latin America (April 2011) 53
8. A Haiti for Haitians: Ending the Legacy of (Band) Aid (November 2010–January 2011) 79
9. Haiti: Five Years After (January 2, 2015) 87
10. PART II: GENDER AND EQUITY
11. Hearing Our Mothers: Safeguarding Haitian Women’s Representation and Practices of Survival (March 2010) 93
12. Cultural Impasse and Structural Change: How to Address Questions of Gender Equity for Haitian Women across Societal Strata (2013) 99
13. Love, Debt, and Forgiveness: Women Speaking from the Rubble in Post-earthquake Haiti (2011–2019) 107
14. Women in Haiti: Strength in Spirit and Culture (February 19, 2010) 119
15. PART III: UNDER/WATER
16. Under/Water (Poem, May 31, 2010) 131
17. Ayiti Alive! Photo-Essay (2011–2013) 135
18. PART IV: UNDERSTANDING HAITI, IN CONTEXT— TRINIDAD & TOBAGO REVIEW COLUMNS (JUNE–DECEMBER 2012)
19. Nou Bouké!!! (June 2012) 157
20. Independence Notes, or, “What’s So Great about Being Haitian, Anyway?” (July 2012) 167
21. What Dreams Are Made Of: Haiti Kanpé (September 2012) 177
22. The Horrors of Slavery: Haiti, Vodou, and the Myth of the Cursed Nation (October 2012) 189
23. Walking Sadness: Haitian Returns—Nomad (November 2012) 199
24. Tout Moun Se Moun: Haitian Women’s Feminism, Then and Now (December 2012) 209
25. PART V: FRENEMIES—THE DOMINICAN RELATIONSHIP
26. Are You Haitian? (October 2013) 219
27. Lavé Tèt: Striving for (Black) Wellness in Academe and Beyond (Travels in the DR, October 2013) 223
28. New Year’s Resolution 2014: “Love Thy Neighbor” 227
29. Conclusion: Living with Ruins 235
30. Acknowledgments 249
31. Appendix: Recommended Charitable Organizations Working in Haiti 251
32. Notes 255
33. Index 285