Haiti
On the road with Danny Lyon
The celebrated photojournalist describes his peripatetic youth recording revolution in Haiti, hunger and homelessness in Mexico and the civil rights movement in the US
Abolishing slavery was no cause for smugness
When the 13 colonies of the United States declared independence in 1776, the first country to recognise the new nation…
Why Haiti's president was assassinated
There was a time when Haiti was at the centre of the New World. It was one of the richest…
Toussaint Louverture: the true hero of Haiti
Toussaint Louverture’s ‘crazy dream’ for Haiti has still to be realised, says Amy Wilentz
Redcoats and runaways
Much romantic nonsense has been written about the runaway slaves or Maroons of the West Indies. In 1970s Jamaica, during…
A cacophony of complaint
What sort of monster gives a bad review to a book by someone who was gang raped as a 12-year-old…
Cowboys and Muslims: that’s the new global power struggle, according to the latest great American novel
‘I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: if you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.’ When ‘The…
Ten years and an earthquake: the changing face of Haiti
This summer, I returned to Haiti for the first time in ten years. I was itching to see how the…
