Pan-Caribbean Radio

Your host from kiskeacity.com and guests Dr. Jerry and Yvrose Gilles of www.bookmanlit.com as we rehash the historic Bwa Kayiman ceremony on its anniversary.

The ceremony and kickoff of the 13 year war that eventually led to the creation of Haiti and to Haiti freeing itself from slavery took place between August 14th 1791 and August 21st ,1791.

Find out what the true purpose of the ceremony was and what was really sacrificed there as well as riveting historical details (citing sources) regarding it. Also, find out more who its leaders were and what motivated their quest for freedom.

Lastly, was the ceremony merely religious or was it a religious gathering in preparation for a long war for freedom?

Bwa Kayiman will be commemorated this Saturday in Prospect Park, Brooklyn from 3 to 9PM. More at kiskeacity.com.

(This is a rebrodcast so no calls will be taken tonight.)

Host Alice Backer of www.kiskeacity.com welcomes Natalie Jean-Baptiste, Esq., who will share tips on how to deal with crushing student debt. More show details on www.kiskeacity.com.

Host Alice Backer of www.kiskeacity.com welcomes Altagracia Jean-Joseph, a Dominican of Haitian descent. We will discuss the effect of the DR denationalization ruling on her life. The conversation will mostly be in Kreyòl, the only language we both speak but you can call to ask questions in English, French or Spanish. More info and show notes at www.kiskeacity.com.

Host Alice Backer of www.kiskeacity.com discusses" Forgotten Occupation," a new film on the U.S. Occupation of Haiti previewing this weekend at 100th Anniversary commemoration events in Brooklyn with filmmaker Alain Martin and Hans Roy of Inisyativ Patriyotik Pou Make 100tyèm Anivèsè Okipasyon Meriken.

Host Alice Backer of www.kiskeacity.com and co-host Hans Roy discuss the latest in Haiti news and blogs, includng the latest DR protests and various NGO misdeeds.

Join host Alice Backer of ww.kiskeacity.com as she welcomes guests to discuss the latest developments in the denationalization and deportation of Dominicans of Haitian descent and undocumented Haitians in the DR.

Host Alice Backer of www.kiskeacity.com welcomes variopus Haitian experts on the denationalization of Dominicans of Haitian descent and on the general plight of Haitians in the DR.

 

Guests include: Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste, Katleen Félix, Ninaj Raoul, Fabrice Armand, among others.

(This is a replay from the fall of 2014 so there will be no Q&A.)

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Join host Alice Backer of www.kiskeacity.com and her co-host as she discusses the latest Haiti news including the Red Cross in Haiti, Sean Penn's defense of it, the latest report on UN rapes of women and girls in Haiti and more.

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