On the centennial of the 1915 US occupation of Haiti, Haitian Studies Association President Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith (Africology) and Prof. Ermitte Saint Jacques (Africology) discuss the history of U.S. involvement in the Caribbean nation’s affairs.… Continue Reading »

Jeffrey Sommers (Africology) published a new book, released this November, on the centennial of the U.S. occupation of Haiti. It is entitled, Race, Reality & Realpolitik: US/Haiti Relations in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. (New York: Lexington Books, 2015). … Continue Reading »