Èzili Dantò is a human rights and international law attorney, an award-winning playwright, performance poet and cultural activist. She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and raised in the United States. She holds a BA from Boston College, a JD from the University of Connecticut School of law, and attended the Hartford Conservatory for Ballet, Jazz and Modern while studying Haitian dancing at home and with countless Haitian dance experts in the field. She is a Haiti scholar and runs the Èzili Network, the Free Haiti Movement, the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network, ZiliDesigns and Zili Dlo: Clean Water, Renewable Power and Skills Transfer for Haiti. Èzili is the author of 10 plays and two book series. She regularly conducts Haiti teach-ins on the non-colonial narrative on Haiti centering on Haiti’s wealth, natural resources, revolutionary culture, Vodun spirituality and her expression of this through the VodunJazzoetry performance productions. Èzili was featured as a Haiti scholar and historian in the documentary: 1804 – The Hidden History of Haiti. In 2018, Èzili was honored at the Connecticut Women Hall of Fame for her lifetime of justice and cultural advocacy works. 

On this Black Thought University episode, we discussed everything before, during, and after the Haitian Revolution.  

Haiti news - Ezili Danto, Haiti rights, justice and dignity