Disaster & Rebuilding in Haiti
Featured books
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by Call Number: F1923 .T85 1963ISBN: 0679724672Publication Date: 1989
Getting Haiti right this time: the U.S. and the coup by Call Number: E183.8.H2 C47 2004ISBN: 1567513190Publication Date: 2004
In the parish of the poor: writings from Haiti by Call Number: BX4705.A7235 A3 1990ISBN: 0883446820Publication Date: 1990
Travesty in Haiti: a true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking by Call Number: F1928.2 .S39 2010ISBN: 9781419698033Publication Date: 2010Available through Interlibrary Loan
An unbroken agony: Haiti, from revolution to the kidnapping of a president by Call Number: F1928.23.A75 R36 2007ISBN: 9780465070503Publication Date: 2008
Voodoo: search for the spirit by Call Number: BL2490 .H875 1995ISBN: 0810928574Publication Date: 1995
Walking on fire: Haitian women's stories of survival and resistance by Call Number: HQ1511 .B45 2001ISBN: 080148748XPublication Date: 2001
Subject Headings for Finding Books, Videos and More
The Five College Libraries have many books, videos, and other materials on Haiti. Click on the following sub-topics for lists of books and videos in our collections.
Teaching About Haiti - Recommended books and strategies
A list of recommended news sources, articles, books, teaching guides, films, and organizations.
"Part of our commitment to the people of Haiti at this time can be to not only increase our support but also our awareness."
Benefit Screening
Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy
Haiti Relief Benefit Screening at Amherst Cinema
Co-Director Renee Bergen in Person!
All proceeds went to PARTNERS IN HEALTH and FONKOZE
Monday February 1, 2010, 7:00 and 9:00
Special Admission $10.00
Fundraiser at Food for Thought Books
Celebrating Resistance, Making Change: An Evening for Haiti
Friday, February 5, 2010, 7pm
Featuring: Djola Branner, Myriam Chancy, Dee Dee Desir, Martin Espada, Jean Dany Joachim, Lenelle Moise and Patrick Sylvain with the soul-stirring music of REBIRTH. (More info on Facebook page.)
Organized by Food for Thought Books.
Importance of Learning About Haiti
TransAfrica founder Randall Robinson, author of An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President: "We need to be told the whole story of these wonderful, resilient, courageous and industrious people." (Full transcript.)
Featured Videos
- Poto mitan: Haitian women : pillars of the global economy byCall Number: HQ1511 .P68 2009Publication Date: 2009
