TIMOUN KI SOT LOT BO -
(Children from the other side - Haitians in the diaspora).Betwixt light and shadows, I photograph and research Haiti 's shifting yet distinct presence throughout the diaspora in an ongoing visual ethnographic project. A new generation, in which I am reflected, is shaped by our location in history, politics, and geography. Our hybrid languages, customs and traditions migrate with us, both conforming and resisting transcultural influences.I am her storyteller, offering insight into the lives of Haiti 's extraordinary yet often marginalized and misrepresented people. From high post in Canadian government to slave-like conditions in the bateys (sugar-cane plantations) of the Dominican Republic, we remain forever and always Haitian.I look into the black space, into the black face that is often overlooked. People of color are analogous to the black space in the negative of a photograph. We are often the backgrounds that allow the foreground to be seen. I share the remarkable stories of my people to dismantle this paradigm (Mos Def).
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