Also known as "Haitian Independence Soup" or "Freedom Soup," soup joumou is a taste of Haitian history and independence ...

THE STORY of Samuel Sharpe and Jamaica’s Christmas Rebellion, which kickstarted on Christmas Day 1831, reminds us of the ...

In western Africa, different communities practice the religion of Voodoo, a belief system based on the idea that their ...

Renowned storyteller Lillian Grant-Baptiste recounts the history of this New Year’s Eve tradition in the Gullah Geechee ...

On December 25, just a few days from now, we celebrate the birth of the Christ (Jesus of Nazareth), who came into this world a little over 2,000 years ago. The actual date of Jesus’s birth is disputed ...

Natives of Haiti! My happy fate was to be one day the sentinel who would ... Done at the headquarters in Gonaives, the first day of January 1804, the first year of independence.

Haiti’s online media association said two reporters were killed and several others were wounded in a gang attack on Tuesday on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital.

At least two journalists and a police officer were killed Tuesday after armed gangs opened fire on them inside an old military hospital in Haiti’s capital. The attack also left at least seven ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two reporters were killed and several were wounded Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital, the country’s ...

Gang members opened fire during the reopening of the main hospital in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, killing two journalists and a police officer. Journalists Markenzy Nathoux and Jimmy Jean ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists in recent memory described Wednesday seeing colleagues cut down by bullets and reporters with head and chest ...