Raise Your Heart, Raise Your Fist. We Owe Haiti Everything

The Haitian Revolution liberated the United States and Latin America from Spain and France. Haiti inspired Greece to fight the Ottoman Empire. Say her name

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I lived in Peru for nearly six years. Come to think of it, in all my time, I never heard anyone mention the word “Haiti.” I drummed with a group called Retumbayá. We often learned rhythms with African roots…