Dec 31, 2020A taste of home, but differentI learned to cook by watching my mother. From a young age I was fascinated by what took place in and around the kitchen, and as soon as I was old enough to be of use I was roped in to help. I was started on tasks a 7 year…Haiti7 min readHaiti7 min read
Nov 29, 2020A Prophet of Two HomelandsDiego, unique and immense love If the world is weeping for the greatest player of all time Napoli tonight is celebrating a son, a friend, a father, and a brother. Diego, unique and immense love The Champion, the Fuoriclasse, the Idol, the King, the inimitable Genius of the Azzurro Universe…Maradona5 min readMaradona5 min read
Nov 28, 2020The Heroes We MadePick any country on the map and go through their history, you are bound to find a litany of national heroes. Strike up a conversation with any random person and if it gets personal enough you will learn that they too have their personal heroes. It is thus not a…5 min read5 min read
May 22, 2020Flesh of my flesh, Zoe of my bones — Am I my brother’s gatekeeperMay 18th is a special day for Haitians around the world. It’s the day we commemorate the creation of our flag, a moment of great significance in the birth of our nation. As the story goes, on May 18th of the year 1803, at a meeting of high officers of…Haiti7 min readHaiti7 min read
Dec 5, 2018The Universality of Slap: How cable TV and the internet have united the sound and culture of a generationIn another life I’d probably be a linguist. There’s something I find absolutely fascinating about our ability to say similar things in so many different ways. Some aspects of human existence are universal enough that they transcend continents, cultures, and language. One of the more unexpected ways in which I…Hip Hop6 min readHip Hop6 min read
