Pan-Caribbean Radio

Emisyon Eritye Papa Desalin pou lendi 15 Janvye 2017  Al nan kiskeacity.com pou pi plis enfomasyon. 

Host: Alice Backer Guests: Sherry Antoine, Afrocrowd on Wikipedia Day 2018 (Sunday at Ace Hotel NYC)  | Marcia Bois on Soup Joumou Challenge (Saturday in Queens)   See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com

Host: Alice B. Co-host: Hugues Girard  See pre-and post show notes at kiskeacity.com

Hosts: Alice Backer and Hugues Girard    See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com. 

Host: Alice Backer, kiskeacity.com Guest: Dr. Naïka Apeakorang   See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.

Host: Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com   See pre- and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com.      

Host: Alice Backer 

Host: Alice Backer Topics: Brian Cunningham on Mathieu Eugène electioneering in 40th Council District race, TPS v. General Amnesty (Eritye Papa Desalin Clip)  | Battle of Vertières Anniversary November 18th | Thanksgiving Trip Upstate See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.      

Host: Alice Backer We will listen and comment to the debate between Councilman incumbent Mathieu Eugene and his Reform Party challenger Brian Cunningham in the NYC Council race for the 40th Council District in Brooklyn which took place Sunday November 9th. Eugene has since secured a third term. But the issues raised in the debate highlight the challenges ahead for him in his third term. See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.   

Host: Alice Backer Guests: Brian Cunningham, Candice Fortin Topic: Why Brian is running against Mathieu Eugene | Main issues in his campaign | The Haitian-American progressives backing his campaign | Brian on issues that matter to Haitians  The 40th council district in Brooklyn covers heavily Haitian and West Indian neighborhoods of Flatbush, East Flatbush, Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, among others.  See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.    

With Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com and Hugues Girard.    See pre- and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com. 

Host: Alice Backer, kiskeacity.com Guests: Sherry Antoine, Afrocrowd Program Manager | Wynnie Lamour, Haitian Creole Language Institute | Linda Fletcher, Rajene Hardeman, Wikipedians, Afrocrowders See details, pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com

Host: Alice Backer  Guest: Patrick Delices, Candidate for NYC Council District 17 seat in the Bronx. Learn more at www.voteforpatrickdelices.com.  See pre- and post- show notes and details at kiskeacity.com. 

Hosts: Daniella Bien-Aimé, Alice Backer  Guest: Former Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Topic: Bitcoin and Haiti We had a great and diverse conversation with former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe with lots of questions from listeners and a very active tweetup which you can find below.  Lamothe explained what bitcoin is and why he believes it is a good technology to adopt in Haiti, including by the Central Bank issuing a haitian cryptocurrency. Such tool would change the way the diaspora sends money, making it cheaper and could be used to streamline the process of paying for government services such as electricity.  Cryptocurrencies would also foster ease of commerce among Haitians and with the world by bringing better payment systems to Haitian micro-enterprises. Lamothe expounded on the need for the diaspora to empower itself through electoral representation in the United States, including to better represent the interests of 68,000 Haitian TPS holders. He felt that the diaspora needs to be as focused on its empowerment in countries where they live as as they are on Haitian politics. He specifically mentioned the use of forums such as LOF1804 in Haiti and the diaspora and potential Haitian Diaspora Bitcoin Associations to educate the haitian public on cryptocurrencies. We had callers from all over the diaspora including Canada, Florida, Haiti and Boston, among others. See more  pre and post-show notes atkiskeacity.com. 

Host: Alice Backer Guest: Darnell Benoit, ED, Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project, Brooklyn, NY  See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.org. 

Host: Alice Backer Guest: Daniella Bien-Aimé Topic: Daniella's recent trip to Haiti  See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com. 

Host: Alice Backer Guest: Dahoud Andre, Eritye Papa Desalin Radio Show, Radyo Pa Nou Time: 9PM Topics: General Amnesty campaign by Komokoda | Reginald Castel Deportation case | Irma in Haiti | Daniella Bien-Aime's Haiti Trip Notes See pre- and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com.    

Host: Alice Backer Co-Host: Hugues Girard Time: 9PM Topics: 10,000 Gdes Tax on the Diaspora  | The arrest of insider Dr. Joe Baptiste of NOAH |  Fired Social Affairs minister and school kits scandal See pre and post show notes at kiskeacity.com.

Host: Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com   Stay tuned for topics or visit kiskeacity.com for pre-and post-show notes. 

Host: Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com Guests (all pre-recorded): Dahoud André (tentative) | Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Gilles  Topic: Bwa Kayiman and various celebrations of its anniversary in New York this weekend. See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.      

Co-hosts: Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com, Hugues Girard    Tentative Topics: Undocumented Haitians in the US cross the border to Canada | Chinese Electricity Project in Haiti: Fake or Take? See pre- and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com    

Topics: Death of Claude Pierre of the Akademi Kreyòl, among others.    See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.    

Co-hosts tonight: Alice Backer of www.kiskeacity.com | Hugues Girard    Topics: Klaus Eberwein | Campaign for the resurrection of the Haitian army   See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com

Host: Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com Topics: Afrolatino Festival 2017 | Afrolatinidad & Haiti  Guests: Dr. Steeve Coupeau (Film professor, Filmmaker) |  Ayanna Legros (History PhD Student) | Amilcar Priestley (Founder, Afrolatino Festival) | Afrolatino Festival Awardees (Gloria Karamañites, Kahira Kelly, Susana Baca) See pre- and post- show notes at http://www.kiskeacity.com/2017/07/legacy-of-1804-afrolatino-festival.html.

This is a pre-recorded show as host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com is receiving an award from the Alfrolatino Festival on Friday night.  In segment one, we listen to Jafrikayiti interview Haitian artist Keb (Kebert Bastien) on why he considers it his duty to reflect and amplify important Haitian political issues in his music. They are joined in the segment by Haitian-Canadian filmmaker Will Prosper to discuss his activism in Montreal on behalf of Pierre Coriolan, a mentally ill Haitian Canadian who was recently gunned down by the police in his home. In segment two, we hear Dahoud André of Eritye Papa Desalin interview Haitian labor leader Dominique St-Eloi on where the labor strikes in Haiti and their demands stand.  (There will be no Q&A. See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.)    

Host: Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com Guests and topics: Pawòl ak Mizik segment with Sherlee Skai on her new album (first half hour) Natacha Jn-Simon on Papa Jah film, Haitians in the Bahamas See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.    

Join host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com, Dr. Judite Blanc and Hugues Girard as they review and react to: Eritye Papa Desalin radio segment by Fabienne Hyacinthe on efforts needed for Haitian community empowerment in the US and beyond;Eritye Papa Desalin segment by Dahoud André reacting to UEH car incident Haiti Film Fest panel discussion on films by Haitian Dominican  Jean Jean and Papa Jah, a Haitian Bahamian.  See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com

Join host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com and co-host Hugues Girard and commentator Jean Elissaint St-Vil to discuss the latest Haiti and Haitian diaspora news including:  University student nailed down by Professor's carPrison riotJovenel in Miami with PenceUN & cholera money  See pre- and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com. 

Host Alice Backer of Kiskeacity.com and Hugues Girard play interviews of protestors of Hillary Clinton as commencement speaker for Medgar Evars College's graduating class last Thursday June 8th.  Among those interviewed are life long activist Frisner Pierre of Komokoda, Haitian-American Gem Isaac of Bronxites for NYPD Accountability, Haitian-American Yole César and Dwayne Neckles of the United Africa Movement.  Hugues also offers a (short) rundown of the spate of labor union strikes in Haiti that have caused certain factories to shut down.     

Join host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com and commentator Hugues Girard as they discuss the latest Haiti and Haitian diaspora news. 

Rudy Crew, the President of Medgar Evers College plans to have Hillary Clinton deliver the Commencement Speech at the school's June 8th 2017 graduation ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center and to give her an Honorary Doctorate. Given her record towards the Black community at home and abroad, is such an honor warranted? Does Hillary's record reflect the legacy of Medgar Evers? Why is Rudy Crew, once a supporter of Rudy Giuliani, helping to ressuscitate Hillary Clinton's career? Should the Haitian community's travails with Donald Trump give Hillary a pass for her record in Haiti on the minimum wage and mostly female garment workers, elections interference at home and abroad and on "pay to play" schemes involving contracts for Earthquake recovery?  Join Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com, Dahoud André,  host of Emisyon Eritye Papa Desalin and Djery Jean, a student at Medgar Evers College to discuss. See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.   

Hour 1: Daniella Bien-Aimé of The Bien-Aimé Post interviews Daniel Jean-Louis on his book From Aid to Trade. Hour 2: Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com and Daniella discuss TPS, No Hillary at Medgar Evers, Haitian Flag Day   See additional pre- and post show notes at kiskeacity.com. 

Join host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com and Daniella Bien-Aimé of  http://bienaimepost.com/ to discuss Kasav Tayino, Nan Sole's pilot self-determining agriculture coop in Haiti.  Starting around 9:30PM, we will listen to clips from their fundraiser and information session in Brooklyn a few weeks ago, following which Jozye Ayisyen, one of the founding members, will join us to take questions. From 9 to 9:30PM, we will welcome Paul Beaubrun who could not join us last week for our opening Pawòl ak Mizik segment. We'll listen to his music and discuss being a Beaubrun, the state of mizik rasin, his tour with Lauryn Hill, his latest album and his future plans. See more show details and post-show highlights at http://www.kiskeacity.com/2017/05/legacy-of-1804-nan-sole-kasav-tayino.html

Join a manbo, an ordained minister, a philosopher and host Alice Backer of  kiskeacity.com for a spirited discussion about CNN's recent documentary on Haitian vodou.  Pawol ak Mizik Opening segment: Paul Beaubrun on his tour with Lauryn Hill, his latest album and his future plans Guests for CNN Vodou doc discussion: GwetoDe Manbo Fabiola Abellard | Dr. Celucien Joseph,  Pastor and Academic | Dr. Paul Mocombe, author of The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism Articles: By Dr. Celucien Joseph: http://www.lunionsuite.com/vodou-not-country-haiti-not-religion/ By Dr. Jerry Gilles and Yvrose Gilles:  http://bookmanlit.com/editorialsletters/reponspoucnnsouvodou.html (kreyol) http://bookmanlit.com/editorialsletters/responsetocnnvodou.html (english)   POST-SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: There were so many reactions to Dr. Joseph's article that we focused only on that and will reconvene to discuss Dr. Gilles' article. We ended up debating the extent of the christianity of the Kongo Kingdom before the transatlantic slave trade, among other topics.  More highlights at kiskeacity.com

Host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com reviews week's news in Haitian and radical media.  POST-SHOW HIGHLIGHTS  00:00 - 07:39 Li Pa Two Ta by Misty Jean | Show Intro 07:39 - 20:18 Eritye Papa Desalin clip on fundraiser for Nan Sole Kasav Tayino cooperative in Bainet, Haiti | Caller question on the project 20:18 -  40:52   Chat with Misty Jean and Q&A: why she sings konpa, her exploration of house and techno, the changing music market | 40:52 - 73:00  First half of my recent discussion with Eric Draitser on Stop Imperialism Radio titled Haiti: Poverty, Occupation and the Anti-Colonial Struggle  where we discussed MINUSTAH's withdrawal, the Moise presidency's purported crackdown on corruption, PetroCaribe, the Haitian army and more | Q&A 73:00 - End  Eritye Papa Desalin clip on Guy Philippe and TPS | Show close | Jette la Premiere Pierre by Misty Jean   See more post-show notes at http://www.kiskeacity.com/2017/04/legacy-of-1804-haiti-news-blog-review_28.html

Host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com discusses HLLN's petition to the UN Secretary General for reparations with co-host Hugues Girard, Jean St-Vil and callers.  Now in its 13th year in Haiti, the UN ''peacekeeping" MINUSTAH mission has been accused of child sex trafficking, rape and negligent infection of over 800,000 Haitians with cholera.  In our opening Pawòl ak Mizik segment (00-00:30), award-winning singer TiFane will join us to discuss her return to the music scene.  See pre- and post show notes at kiskeacity.com for more background.  

Join  Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com to discuss the UN's vote to remove its "peacekeeping" forces by October.  Is this just a re-brand? What now? Georges Bossous Jr. of Word and Action will be our guest to offer expertise from his experience as a psychotherapist on healing Haiti's children of the sexual abuse and rape endemic to the UN Occupation and present also in churches attended by Haitians.  Musical Moment with Patrick Handal of Skandal. Is this hitmaker of 90's Konpa Nouvèl Jenerasyon making a comeback with his new single Santim Wo?  POST-SHOW HIGHLIGHTS  Georges Bossous Jr. talked about Word and Action's main goal: to create a full-service rape crisis and healing center in Haiti. He also discussed the recent sets of settlements to boys in Haiti who were sexually abused by Christian missionary Douglas Perlitz.  Between 00:31 and 00:50 we were joined by Patrick Handal of Skandal who discussed the context of the rise of Konpa Nouvelle Génération in 1987. We listened to a soon-to-be-released remix of his1988 hit Ti-Bway and his new single and video Santim Wo and his upcoming comeback album 50 Kòb. Listen to the full show to hear frequent contributors Hugues Girard, Daniella Bien-Aime and Jafrikayiti weigh in on Ezili Dantò's proposed demands to the UN Secretary General. (That discussion is in the last 25 Minutes of the show.) See more  kiskeacity.com.   

Join host Alice Backer from kiskeacity.com  as she goes over media clips and articles on the latest in UN sexual violence and trafficking crisis in Haiti, more on the aftermath of Kenneth Merten's recent appearance at Brooklyn College and the pernicious nature of foreign aid to Haiti in the form of prisons, among other topics. Post-show notes: We were joined live by Cynthia Verna and Georges Bossous Jr. on the topic of rape in the Haitian community.  00:00-17:00 Intro, quick Haiti news roundup 17:00 - 45:00 Komokoda reacts to Kenneth Merten visit and survey what they believe is wrong with the Haitian Studies Institute 45:00 - 1:30:00 What is statutory rape?  Is Pastor Billy Léveillé guilty of it? A conversation with rape victim advocate Cynthia Verna and Georges Bossous Jr. of Word and Action. 1:30:00 - End  The latest on UN and rape in Haiti as explained by Ezili Dantò on recent media appearances. See  full pre-and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com 

Join host Alice Backer  this Friday at 9PM as she summarizes and plays various reactions to U.S. Amabassador Kenneth Merten's recent visit to Brooklyn where he purported to offer a Retrospective of US Foreign policy in Haiti after two panelists who implicitly blamed the Haitian government for USAID policies that have destroyed Haiti's rural economy. Merten's own remarks looking back at US Foreign policy in the last 20 or so years were very short and he scraped the surface of  the many serious blows dealt to Haitian rice farming, the Black pig and to the country's infrastructure through the 90s embargo. But most of all, Merten bamboozled the community when questions were raised about his involvement in announcing election results in 2010 that were contrary to what two electoral council members and a former OAS official found to be the actual result. The event was protested by KOMOKODA, a grassroots organization who felt Brooklyn College should not have invited someone with Merten's destructive policies towards Haiti to speak at the new Haitian Studies Institute. Listen to reactions by Dahoud Andre of Komokoda, Daniella Bien-Aimé of the Bien-Aimé Post and Hugues Girard, among others.   See pre-and post-show notes at the post for this show at kiskeacity.com. Among other highlights, Professor Claude Joseph who was on the panel with Merten and Dady Chery, a well known Haitian blogger, both called into the show!  

Join host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com as she welcomes Cynthia Verna and Daniella Bien-Aimé to discuss rape, sex trafficking in Haiti and answer the question: is there a way to use technology to prevent these problems? Cynthia Verna is a popular chef and rape survivor, author of Calvaires: Viols ... et autressouffrances.  Daniella Bien-Aimé is offers musings on Haiti and technology at The Bien-Aimé Post.  See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.           

Host Alice Backer welcomes Hugues Girard to go over the latest Haiti news. Topics: Reginal Boulos' very official scolding or Sweet Micky aka Former President Michel Martelly | Haitian Prime Ministers and taxes | Trump's statements on foreign aid and whether Haiti really needs it | Guy Philippe's admission that he colluded with Washington to overthrow Aristide. See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.

Host Alice Backer welcomes guests Samuel Maxime of Haiti Sentinel and Hugues Girard to go over the latest Haiti news, including the aftermath of President René Préval's death.  See pre= and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.

Join Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com and co-host Hugues Girard as we go over the week's news about Haiti and Haitians. Topics: Kanaval expenses in Haiti, Sweet Micky's not so "PG" outburst in Okay and what it means for Jovenel Moïse, discussions on mining in Haiti, and the rape survivor Cynthia Verna's outburst on the arrest of a 60 year old for the rape of an 11 year old, followed by the arrest of an American missionary for pedophilia. See pre- and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com.  

Host Alice of kiskeacity.com welcomes Fabiola Abelard and Florence Jean-Joseph, two spiritual leaders who will be sworn-in  as GwetoDe for the Haitian Diaspora  by the Konfederasyon.Nasyonal Vodouyizan Ayisyen (KNVA) on Saturday, February 25th in Harlem, NYC.  Find out more about and register for this swearing-in  Wosman ceremony here.  Find out more about Wosman in general here. We will answer the following questions: What is a GwetoDe? How and why is a GwetoDe appointed? What is KNVA? Is the GwetoDe paid by the Haitian government?   See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com .

Host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com welcomes Prof. Ilio Durandis, professor and Dean at Universite D'Etat d'Haiti (UNDH)-Hinche. We will discuss democracy in Haiti, where it's going and whether we ever had it. We'll also look at current events involving UN Peacekeeping and the newly inaugurated administration, among many other topics. As in the past, you never know where the conversation might end up!   See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.    

Join Alice of kiskeacity.com  and  Hugues Girard to review news and blog commentary on Jovenel Moise's inauguration as 58th President of Haiti and Trump's Omorosa-led delegation to itThe Clinton foundation's alleged closure: is it for real or just a re-brand?New allegations from within the Trump camp no less about Denis O'Brien's interference in Haiti's election See pre-and post-show notes at www.kiskeacity.com.

Join host Alice Backer of  kiskeacity.com as she welcomes Digicel Chairman Maarten Boute and last week's guest Giles Colbert Charleston of AHP to debate Digicel's impact in Haiti today. We'll discuss Digicel and the Haitian telecom market, specifically issues of competition, VoIP, quality of service and various grievances about Digicel increasingly expressed by Haitians.  As background, Giles Colbert Charleston has agreed to come back to the show to explain in person what he meant when he said last week that Digicel is acting increasingly as a monopolistic actor in Haiti. This show was spurred by Maarten Boute reaching out to Alice directly to take exception to this statement and asking for a chance to respond. Join us for this promising debate. Make sure to send us questions or join us live with them.  See pre-and post show notes and highlights at kiskeacity.com.    

Host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com welcomes IT professionnal Giles Colbert Charlteston, founder and Board member of the  Association of Haitian Professionals (AHP). We'll discuss the Association, his experience as a tech professional in Haiti and his pre-earthquake move to Haiti and back. See pre- and post-show notes at www.kiskeacity.com. 

Join host Alice of www.kiskeacity.com as she shares clips and insights from her recent attendance of Wikipedia Day NYC and of the Wiki Indaba 2017 Conference in Accra, Ghana. (One of the interviews played on the show will be in French with a translation provided afterward.)   See pre-and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com. 

Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com welcomes Frandley Julien of the new Haitian daily Le National which can be found online at www.lenational.org. We'll discuss the paper's genesis and circulation, its reception in the Haitian community, its decision to maintain a print edition and of course the latest in the Haitian politics it covers.   See pre- and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com.    

Alice of www.kiskeacity.com, Hugues Girard and Pascal Robert of Black Agenda Report finish the Key Moments of 2016 list and discuss a vision for 2017. This is a continuation of last week's Key Moments in 2016 discussion.  See pre- and post- show notes at kiskeacity.com.