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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jun 21, 2020 In this episode, we explore the Haitian Revolution—the only successful slave revolt in history and a landmark event in the global struggle against colonialism and white supremacy. From the brutal plantation economy of Saint-Domingue to the rise of revolutionary leaders like Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines, we trace how enslaved Africans overthrew French rule and declared the world's first Black republic. We also examine how this radical uprising shook the foundations of empire, inspired abolitionist movements, and remains a crucial—yet often erased—chapter in revolutionary history. Alexander Aviña is an associate professor of Latin American history in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. His book, "Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside" , was awarded the Maria Elena Martínez Book Prize in Mexican History for 2015 by the Conference on Latin American History. ---------------------------------------------------- Support Rev Left and get access to bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Make a one-time donation to Rev Left at BuyMeACoffee.com/revleftradio Follow, Subscribe, & Learn more about Rev Left Radio HERE Outro Beat Prod. by flip da hood

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created the modern world. Revolutionaries shattered empires, toppled social hierarchies, and birthed a world of republics. But old injustices lingered on and the powerful engines of revolutionary change created new and insidious forms of inequality. In The Age of Revolutions (Basic Books, 2024), historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal offers the first narrative history of this entire era. Through a kaleidoscope of lives both familiar and unknown-from John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon to an ambitious French naturalist and a seditious Peruvian nun-he retells the revolutionary epic as a generational story. The first revolutionary generation, fired by radical ideas, struggled to slip the hierarchical bonds of the old order. Their failures moulded a second generation, more adept at mass organizing but with an illiberal tint. The sweeping political transformations they accomplished after 1800 engrained forms of inequality and racial hierarchy in modern politics that remain with us today. A breath taking history spanning three continents, The Age of Revolutions uncovers how the period's grand political transformations emerged across oceans and, slowly and unevenly, over generations. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Nation, and the Los Angeles Times. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created the modern world. Revolutionaries shattered empires, toppled social hierarchies, and birthed a world of republics. But old injustices lingered on and the powerful engines of revolutionary change created new and insidious forms of inequality. In The Age of Revolutions (Basic Books, 2024), historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal offers the first narrative history of this entire era. Through a kaleidoscope of lives both familiar and unknown-from John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon to an ambitious French naturalist and a seditious Peruvian nun-he retells the revolutionary epic as a generational story. The first revolutionary generation, fired by radical ideas, struggled to slip the hierarchical bonds of the old order. Their failures moulded a second generation, more adept at mass organizing but with an illiberal tint. The sweeping political transformations they accomplished after 1800 engrained forms of inequality and racial hierarchy in modern politics that remain with us today. A breath taking history spanning three continents, The Age of Revolutions uncovers how the period's grand political transformations emerged across oceans and, slowly and unevenly, over generations. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Nation, and the Los Angeles Times. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created the modern world. Revolutionaries shattered empires, toppled social hierarchies, and birthed a world of republics. But old injustices lingered on and the powerful engines of revolutionary change created new and insidious forms of inequality. In The Age of Revolutions (Basic Books, 2024), historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal offers the first narrative history of this entire era. Through a kaleidoscope of lives both familiar and unknown-from John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon to an ambitious French naturalist and a seditious Peruvian nun-he retells the revolutionary epic as a generational story. The first revolutionary generation, fired by radical ideas, struggled to slip the hierarchical bonds of the old order. Their failures moulded a second generation, more adept at mass organizing but with an illiberal tint. The sweeping political transformations they accomplished after 1800 engrained forms of inequality and racial hierarchy in modern politics that remain with us today. A breath taking history spanning three continents, The Age of Revolutions uncovers how the period's grand political transformations emerged across oceans and, slowly and unevenly, over generations. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Nation, and the Los Angeles Times. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created the modern world. Revolutionaries shattered empires, toppled social hierarchies, and birthed a world of republics. But old injustices lingered on and the powerful engines of revolutionary change created new and insidious forms of inequality. In The Age of Revolutions (Basic Books, 2024), historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal offers the first narrative history of this entire era. Through a kaleidoscope of lives both familiar and unknown-from John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon to an ambitious French naturalist and a seditious Peruvian nun-he retells the revolutionary epic as a generational story. The first revolutionary generation, fired by radical ideas, struggled to slip the hierarchical bonds of the old order. Their failures moulded a second generation, more adept at mass organizing but with an illiberal tint. The sweeping political transformations they accomplished after 1800 engrained forms of inequality and racial hierarchy in modern politics that remain with us today. A breath taking history spanning three continents, The Age of Revolutions uncovers how the period's grand political transformations emerged across oceans and, slowly and unevenly, over generations. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Nation, and the Los Angeles Times. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created the modern world. Revolutionaries shattered empires, toppled social hierarchies, and birthed a world of republics. But old injustices lingered on and the powerful engines of revolutionary change created new and insidious forms of inequality. In The Age of Revolutions (Basic Books, 2024), historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal offers the first narrative history of this entire era. Through a kaleidoscope of lives both familiar and unknown-from John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon to an ambitious French naturalist and a seditious Peruvian nun-he retells the revolutionary epic as a generational story. The first revolutionary generation, fired by radical ideas, struggled to slip the hierarchical bonds of the old order. Their failures moulded a second generation, more adept at mass organizing but with an illiberal tint. The sweeping political transformations they accomplished after 1800 engrained forms of inequality and racial hierarchy in modern politics that remain with us today. A breath taking history spanning three continents, The Age of Revolutions uncovers how the period's grand political transformations emerged across oceans and, slowly and unevenly, over generations. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Nation, and the Los Angeles Times. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created the modern world. Revolutionaries shattered empires, toppled social hierarchies, and birthed a world of republics. But old injustices lingered on and the powerful engines of revolutionary change created new and insidious forms of inequality. In The Age of Revolutions (Basic Books, 2024), historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal offers the first narrative history of this entire era. Through a kaleidoscope of lives both familiar and unknown-from John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon to an ambitious French naturalist and a seditious Peruvian nun-he retells the revolutionary epic as a generational story. The first revolutionary generation, fired by radical ideas, struggled to slip the hierarchical bonds of the old order. Their failures moulded a second generation, more adept at mass organizing but with an illiberal tint. The sweeping political transformations they accomplished after 1800 engrained forms of inequality and racial hierarchy in modern politics that remain with us today. A breath taking history spanning three continents, The Age of Revolutions uncovers how the period's grand political transformations emerged across oceans and, slowly and unevenly, over generations. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Nation, and the Los Angeles Times. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created the modern world. Revolutionaries shattered empires, toppled social hierarchies, and birthed a world of republics. But old injustices lingered on and the powerful engines of revolutionary change created new and insidious forms of inequality. In The Age of Revolutions (Basic Books, 2024), historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal offers the first narrative history of this entire era. Through a kaleidoscope of lives both familiar and unknown-from John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon to an ambitious French naturalist and a seditious Peruvian nun-he retells the revolutionary epic as a generational story. The first revolutionary generation, fired by radical ideas, struggled to slip the hierarchical bonds of the old order. Their failures moulded a second generation, more adept at mass organizing but with an illiberal tint. The sweeping political transformations they accomplished after 1800 engrained forms of inequality and racial hierarchy in modern politics that remain with us today. A breath taking history spanning three continents, The Age of Revolutions uncovers how the period's grand political transformations emerged across oceans and, slowly and unevenly, over generations. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Nation, and the Los Angeles Times. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Charles Forsdick tells the story of Toussaint Louverture, who led Haiti's successful and highly adaptive slave revolt against the 18th century's great powers.   Toussaint Loverture was a force of nature. A former slave, he led the revolt in Saint Domingue between 1791– 1802 that resulted in Haitian independence. As a self-taught military commander, he was ever present in the fight, adapting his tactics, employing psychological warfare techniques and harnessing the island's tropical diseases to degrade the French occupying forces. A man of contradictions, he was variously a Spanish monarchist and a French republican who played the great powers of Britain, France, Spain and the United States to secure the space and resources for his revolution to succeed.   Despite leading one of the only successful slave revolts in history, he was less successful as a ruler, where the traits that made him such a great military leader, isolated him from his people. Internal divisions within the revolutionary army led to his capture by Napoleon's forces and death in captivity in France a few months before Haiti achieved full independence in 1803. For this reason, the Haitian's know him as ‘the Precursor' and reserve the title, ‘Liberator', for one of his lieutenants, Dessalines.   Professor Charles Forsdick is the Drapers Chair of French at the University of Cambridge. He writes extensively about post-colonial memory in Francophone countries, and is the co-author of Toussaint Louverture, A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolution, with Christian Høgsbjerg published by Pluto Press in 2017.

Slave, revolutionary, king, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to end slavery. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe began fighting with Napoleon's forces against the formerly enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had abandoned, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. But why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? And what caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north and the other led by President Pétion in the south? To look at this story, we are joined by Marlene Daut, author of “The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe,” exploring the-still controversial enigma that he was.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Author Events Series presents Marlene Daut | The First and Last King of Haiti  REGISTER In Conversation with Grace Sanders Johnson Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe--after nine years of his rule as King Henry I--shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Marlene Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. She teaches courses in anglophone, francophone Caribbean, African American, and French Colonial and historical studies.  Grace L. Sanders Johnson is a historian, visual artist, and associate professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.  Her areas of study include modern Caribbean history, transnational feminisms, oral history, and environmental humanities.  Her most recent work can be found in several journals including Her most recent work can be found in several journals including Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International (2024), Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism (2023), Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism (2022), American Anthropologist (2022), and Caribbean Review of Gender Studies (2018). Sanders Johnson is the author of White Gloves, Black Nation: Women, Citizenship, and Political Wayfaring in Haiti (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) which won the 2023 Haitian Studies Association Best Book Award, and honorable mention for the 2024 Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women's and/or Gender History from the Organization of American Historians; White Gloves, Black Nation is also one of the top 5 finalist for the 2024 African American Intellectual History Pauli Murray Book Prize and Choice Journal's 2024 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. The 2024/25 Author Events Series is presented by Comcast. Because you love Author Events, please make a donation when you register for this event to ensure that this series continues to inspire Philadelphians. Books will be available for purchase at the library on event night! All tickets are non-refundable. (recorded 2/13/2025)

Cette semaine, nous recevons le Club RFI Abomey-UNSTIM (Université Nationale des Sciences, Technologies, Ingénierie et Mathématiques) du Bénin. Le club raconte l'histoire du plateau d'Abomey avec ses royaumes, notamment le Royaume d'Allada (Bénin), où se trouve la filiation de Toussaint Louverture, héros de l'indépendance d'Haïti et fils du prince d'Allada appelé Gahou. Le Club RFI Abomey-UNSTIM a organisé aussi une session d'informations et d'échanges sur les opportunités d'emploi et d'insertion. Il présente son programme et ses activités pour 2025, où l'intelligence artificielle prendra une grande place. Avec la participation de Yanel Aina, président du Club RFI Abomey-UNSTIM, et Wilfried Hodonou Gbegnito, coordinateur.Proverbe de la semaine : « Le mariage est comme une forteresse assiégée, ceux qui sont dehors veulent entrer et ceux qui sont dedans veulent sortir ».Cousin/invité du club : Ange Dagba, commissaire à la Fédération Béninoise de Cyclisme (FBC).Musique : L'élue de mon cœur par Sajos.Réalisation : Quentin Moulin

In The Ideological Scramble for Africa, Frank Gerits examines how African leaders in the 1950s and 1960s crafted an anticolonial modernization project. Rather than choose Cold War sides between East and West, anticolonial nationalists worked to reverse the psychological and cultural destruction of colonialism. Kwame Nkrumah's African Union was envisioned as a federation of liberation to challenge the extant imperial forces: the US empire of liberty, the Soviet empire of equality, and the European empires of exploitation. In the 1950s, the goal of proving the potency of a pan-African ideology shaped the agenda of the Bandung Conference and Ghana's support for African liberation, while also determining what was at stake in the Congo crisis and in the fight against white minority rule in southern and eastern Africa. In the 1960s, the attempt to remake African psychology was abandoned, and socioeconomic development came into focus. Anticolonial nationalists did not simply resist or utilize imperial and Cold War pressures but drew strength from the example of the Haitian Revolution of 1791, in which Toussaint Louverture demanded the universal application of Europe's Enlightenment values. The liberationists of the postwar period wanted to redesign society in the image of the revolution that had created them. The Ideological Scramble for Africa demonstrates that the Cold War struggle between capitalism and Communism was only one of two ideological struggles that picked up speed after 1945; the battle between liberation and imperialism proved to be more enduring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In The Ideological Scramble for Africa, Frank Gerits examines how African leaders in the 1950s and 1960s crafted an anticolonial modernization project. Rather than choose Cold War sides between East and West, anticolonial nationalists worked to reverse the psychological and cultural destruction of colonialism. Kwame Nkrumah's African Union was envisioned as a federation of liberation to challenge the extant imperial forces: the US empire of liberty, the Soviet empire of equality, and the European empires of exploitation. In the 1950s, the goal of proving the potency of a pan-African ideology shaped the agenda of the Bandung Conference and Ghana's support for African liberation, while also determining what was at stake in the Congo crisis and in the fight against white minority rule in southern and eastern Africa. In the 1960s, the attempt to remake African psychology was abandoned, and socioeconomic development came into focus. Anticolonial nationalists did not simply resist or utilize imperial and Cold War pressures but drew strength from the example of the Haitian Revolution of 1791, in which Toussaint Louverture demanded the universal application of Europe's Enlightenment values. The liberationists of the postwar period wanted to redesign society in the image of the revolution that had created them. The Ideological Scramble for Africa demonstrates that the Cold War struggle between capitalism and Communism was only one of two ideological struggles that picked up speed after 1945; the battle between liberation and imperialism proved to be more enduring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In The Ideological Scramble for Africa, Frank Gerits examines how African leaders in the 1950s and 1960s crafted an anticolonial modernization project. Rather than choose Cold War sides between East and West, anticolonial nationalists worked to reverse the psychological and cultural destruction of colonialism. Kwame Nkrumah's African Union was envisioned as a federation of liberation to challenge the extant imperial forces: the US empire of liberty, the Soviet empire of equality, and the European empires of exploitation. In the 1950s, the goal of proving the potency of a pan-African ideology shaped the agenda of the Bandung Conference and Ghana's support for African liberation, while also determining what was at stake in the Congo crisis and in the fight against white minority rule in southern and eastern Africa. In the 1960s, the attempt to remake African psychology was abandoned, and socioeconomic development came into focus. Anticolonial nationalists did not simply resist or utilize imperial and Cold War pressures but drew strength from the example of the Haitian Revolution of 1791, in which Toussaint Louverture demanded the universal application of Europe's Enlightenment values. The liberationists of the postwar period wanted to redesign society in the image of the revolution that had created them. The Ideological Scramble for Africa demonstrates that the Cold War struggle between capitalism and Communism was only one of two ideological struggles that picked up speed after 1945; the battle between liberation and imperialism proved to be more enduring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

In The Ideological Scramble for Africa, Frank Gerits examines how African leaders in the 1950s and 1960s crafted an anticolonial modernization project. Rather than choose Cold War sides between East and West, anticolonial nationalists worked to reverse the psychological and cultural destruction of colonialism. Kwame Nkrumah's African Union was envisioned as a federation of liberation to challenge the extant imperial forces: the US empire of liberty, the Soviet empire of equality, and the European empires of exploitation. In the 1950s, the goal of proving the potency of a pan-African ideology shaped the agenda of the Bandung Conference and Ghana's support for African liberation, while also determining what was at stake in the Congo crisis and in the fight against white minority rule in southern and eastern Africa. In the 1960s, the attempt to remake African psychology was abandoned, and socioeconomic development came into focus. Anticolonial nationalists did not simply resist or utilize imperial and Cold War pressures but drew strength from the example of the Haitian Revolution of 1791, in which Toussaint Louverture demanded the universal application of Europe's Enlightenment values. The liberationists of the postwar period wanted to redesign society in the image of the revolution that had created them. The Ideological Scramble for Africa demonstrates that the Cold War struggle between capitalism and Communism was only one of two ideological struggles that picked up speed after 1945; the battle between liberation and imperialism proved to be more enduring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

In The Ideological Scramble for Africa, Frank Gerits examines how African leaders in the 1950s and 1960s crafted an anticolonial modernization project. Rather than choose Cold War sides between East and West, anticolonial nationalists worked to reverse the psychological and cultural destruction of colonialism. Kwame Nkrumah's African Union was envisioned as a federation of liberation to challenge the extant imperial forces: the US empire of liberty, the Soviet empire of equality, and the European empires of exploitation. In the 1950s, the goal of proving the potency of a pan-African ideology shaped the agenda of the Bandung Conference and Ghana's support for African liberation, while also determining what was at stake in the Congo crisis and in the fight against white minority rule in southern and eastern Africa. In the 1960s, the attempt to remake African psychology was abandoned, and socioeconomic development came into focus. Anticolonial nationalists did not simply resist or utilize imperial and Cold War pressures but drew strength from the example of the Haitian Revolution of 1791, in which Toussaint Louverture demanded the universal application of Europe's Enlightenment values. The liberationists of the postwar period wanted to redesign society in the image of the revolution that had created them. The Ideological Scramble for Africa demonstrates that the Cold War struggle between capitalism and Communism was only one of two ideological struggles that picked up speed after 1945; the battle between liberation and imperialism proved to be more enduring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Henry Christophe was born to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, and fought to overthrow the British in North America before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue—as Haiti was then called—to end slavery. He rose to power and became their king. In his time, he was popular and famous the world over. So how did he become an enigma? In The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, Dr. Marlene L. Daut reclaims the life story of this controversial revolutionary and only king of Haiti, drawing from a trove of previously overlooked sources to paint a captivating history of his life and the awe-inspiring kingdom he built. Peeling back the layers of myth and misconception reveals a man driven by both noble ideals and profound flaws, as unforgettable as he is enigmatic. More than just a biography, The First and Last King of Haiti is an exploration of power, ambition, and the human spirit. From his pivotal role in the Haitian Revolution to his coronation as king and eventual demise, this book is testament to the enduring allure of those who dare to defy the odds and shape the course of nations. The First and Last King of Haiti is a story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, euniteng with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Our guest is: Dr. Marlene Daut, who is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Her books include Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism; Tropics of Haiti: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1789–1865; Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution; and The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe. She is co-editor of the Haitian Revolutionary Fictions: An Anthology, and her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Essence Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, The Conversation, New Literary History, Nineteenth-Century Literature, and Comparative Literature, among others. She is the co-creator and co-editor of H-Net Commons' digital platform, H-Haiti. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator and producer of the Academic Life podcast. Listeners might also enjoy: We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance Never Caught, with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Selling Anti-Slavery Running From Bondage Leading from the Margins Shoutin in the Fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Henry Christophe was born to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, and fought to overthrow the British in North America before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue—as Haiti was then called—to end slavery. He rose to power and became their king. In his time, he was popular and famous the world over. So how did he become an enigma? In The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, Dr. Marlene L. Daut reclaims the life story of this controversial revolutionary and only king of Haiti, drawing from a trove of previously overlooked sources to paint a captivating history of his life and the awe-inspiring kingdom he built. Peeling back the layers of myth and misconception reveals a man driven by both noble ideals and profound flaws, as unforgettable as he is enigmatic. More than just a biography, The First and Last King of Haiti is an exploration of power, ambition, and the human spirit. From his pivotal role in the Haitian Revolution to his coronation as king and eventual demise, this book is testament to the enduring allure of those who dare to defy the odds and shape the course of nations. The First and Last King of Haiti is a story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, euniteng with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Our guest is: Dr. Marlene Daut, who is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Her books include Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism; Tropics of Haiti: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1789–1865; Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution; and The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe. She is co-editor of the Haitian Revolutionary Fictions: An Anthology, and her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Essence Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, The Conversation, New Literary History, Nineteenth-Century Literature, and Comparative Literature, among others. She is the co-creator and co-editor of H-Net Commons' digital platform, H-Haiti. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator and producer of the Academic Life podcast. Listeners might also enjoy: We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance Never Caught, with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Selling Anti-Slavery Running From Bondage Leading from the Margins Shoutin in the Fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Henry Christophe was born to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, and fought to overthrow the British in North America before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue—as Haiti was then called—to end slavery. He rose to power and became their king. In his time, he was popular and famous the world over. So how did he become an enigma? In The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, Dr. Marlene L. Daut reclaims the life story of this controversial revolutionary and only king of Haiti, drawing from a trove of previously overlooked sources to paint a captivating history of his life and the awe-inspiring kingdom he built. Peeling back the layers of myth and misconception reveals a man driven by both noble ideals and profound flaws, as unforgettable as he is enigmatic. More than just a biography, The First and Last King of Haiti is an exploration of power, ambition, and the human spirit. From his pivotal role in the Haitian Revolution to his coronation as king and eventual demise, this book is testament to the enduring allure of those who dare to defy the odds and shape the course of nations. The First and Last King of Haiti is a story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, euniteng with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Our guest is: Dr. Marlene Daut, who is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Her books include Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism; Tropics of Haiti: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1789–1865; Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution; and The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe. She is co-editor of the Haitian Revolutionary Fictions: An Anthology, and her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Essence Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, The Conversation, New Literary History, Nineteenth-Century Literature, and Comparative Literature, among others. She is the co-creator and co-editor of H-Net Commons' digital platform, H-Haiti. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator and producer of the Academic Life podcast. Listeners might also enjoy: We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance Never Caught, with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Selling Anti-Slavery Running From Bondage Leading from the Margins Shoutin in the Fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Henry Christophe was born to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, and fought to overthrow the British in North America before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue—as Haiti was then called—to end slavery. He rose to power and became their king. In his time, he was popular and famous the world over. So how did he become an enigma? In The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, Dr. Marlene L. Daut reclaims the life story of this controversial revolutionary and only king of Haiti, drawing from a trove of previously overlooked sources to paint a captivating history of his life and the awe-inspiring kingdom he built. Peeling back the layers of myth and misconception reveals a man driven by both noble ideals and profound flaws, as unforgettable as he is enigmatic. More than just a biography, The First and Last King of Haiti is an exploration of power, ambition, and the human spirit. From his pivotal role in the Haitian Revolution to his coronation as king and eventual demise, this book is testament to the enduring allure of those who dare to defy the odds and shape the course of nations. The First and Last King of Haiti is a story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, euniteng with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Our guest is: Dr. Marlene Daut, who is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Her books include Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism; Tropics of Haiti: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1789–1865; Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution; and The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe. She is co-editor of the Haitian Revolutionary Fictions: An Anthology, and her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Essence Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, The Conversation, New Literary History, Nineteenth-Century Literature, and Comparative Literature, among others. She is the co-creator and co-editor of H-Net Commons' digital platform, H-Haiti. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator and producer of the Academic Life podcast. Listeners might also enjoy: We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance Never Caught, with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Selling Anti-Slavery Running From Bondage Leading from the Margins Shoutin in the Fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies

Henry Christophe was born to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, and fought to overthrow the British in North America before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue—as Haiti was then called—to end slavery. He rose to power and became their king. In his time, he was popular and famous the world over. So how did he become an enigma? In The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, Dr. Marlene L. Daut reclaims the life story of this controversial revolutionary and only king of Haiti, drawing from a trove of previously overlooked sources to paint a captivating history of his life and the awe-inspiring kingdom he built. Peeling back the layers of myth and misconception reveals a man driven by both noble ideals and profound flaws, as unforgettable as he is enigmatic. More than just a biography, The First and Last King of Haiti is an exploration of power, ambition, and the human spirit. From his pivotal role in the Haitian Revolution to his coronation as king and eventual demise, this book is testament to the enduring allure of those who dare to defy the odds and shape the course of nations. The First and Last King of Haiti is a story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, euniteng with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Our guest is: Dr. Marlene Daut, who is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Her books include Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism; Tropics of Haiti: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1789–1865; Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution; and The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe. She is co-editor of the Haitian Revolutionary Fictions: An Anthology, and her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Essence Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, The Conversation, New Literary History, Nineteenth-Century Literature, and Comparative Literature, among others. She is the co-creator and co-editor of H-Net Commons' digital platform, H-Haiti. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator and producer of the Academic Life podcast. Listeners might also enjoy: We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance Never Caught, with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Selling Anti-Slavery Running From Bondage Leading from the Margins Shoutin in the Fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Henry Christophe was born to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, and fought to overthrow the British in North America before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue—as Haiti was then called—to end slavery. He rose to power and became their king. In his time, he was popular and famous the world over. So how did he become an enigma? In The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, Dr. Marlene L. Daut reclaims the life story of this controversial revolutionary and only king of Haiti, drawing from a trove of previously overlooked sources to paint a captivating history of his life and the awe-inspiring kingdom he built. Peeling back the layers of myth and misconception reveals a man driven by both noble ideals and profound flaws, as unforgettable as he is enigmatic. More than just a biography, The First and Last King of Haiti is an exploration of power, ambition, and the human spirit. From his pivotal role in the Haitian Revolution to his coronation as king and eventual demise, this book is testament to the enduring allure of those who dare to defy the odds and shape the course of nations. The First and Last King of Haiti is a story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, euniteng with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Our guest is: Dr. Marlene Daut, who is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Her books include Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism; Tropics of Haiti: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1789–1865; Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution; and The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe. She is co-editor of the Haitian Revolutionary Fictions: An Anthology, and her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Essence Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, The Conversation, New Literary History, Nineteenth-Century Literature, and Comparative Literature, among others. She is the co-creator and co-editor of H-Net Commons' digital platform, H-Haiti. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, who is the creator and producer of the Academic Life podcast. Listeners might also enjoy: We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance Never Caught, with Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Selling Anti-Slavery Running From Bondage Leading from the Margins Shoutin in the Fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

Neujahrsvorsätze sind oft dieselben: mehr Sport, gesünder essen, schlechte Gewohnheiten ablegen. Aber wie wäre es mit einem Vorsatz, der Sie wirklich weiterbringt? Lesen Sie mehr Bücher! Tiefgehende, inspirierende Bücher – keine oberflächlichen Schlagzeilen oder sozialen Medien. Hier präsentiere ich Ihnen sieben Bücher aus den Bereichen Psychologie, Abenteuer, Geschichte, Politik und Inspiration. Diese Bücher sind anspruchsvoll, aber sie werden Sie 2025 mit Klarheit und Stärke ausstatten.  The Comfort Crisis – Michael Easter (die Komfort Krise) (2021)Michael Easter nimmt Sie mit auf eine fünfwöchige Jagd nach einem Karibu in der Arktis – eine Reise voller körperlicher Herausforderungen und existenzieller Fragen. Doch das ist nur der rote Faden. Easter unterlegt seine Abenteuererzählung mit wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen und psychologischen Studien, die eine zentrale Botschaft tragen: Unsere moderne Bequemlichkeit macht uns schwach.  Die ständige Verfügbarkeit von Komfort hat uns körperlich, geistig und moralisch geschwächt. Easter zeigt, dass Wachstum nur ausserhalb der Komfortzone stattfindet – durch Fasten, körperliche Herausforderungen, durch Langeweile (!) und den Mut, sich dem Scheitern zu stellen. Warum lesen? Dieses Buch ist ein Weckruf, der zeigt, wie Sie durch bewusste Unbequemlichkeit ein stärkeres und erfüllteres Leben führen können.Civilized to Death – Christopher Ryan (2019)Christopher Ryan stellt eine provokative Frage: Was, wenn unser Fortschritt uns in die falsche Richtung führt? 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Egal, ob Sie Hegseths Ansichten teilen oder nicht – dieses Buch zwingt Sie, über die Rolle und den Zustand moderner Institutionen nachzudenken.  Black Spartacus – Sudhir Hazareesingh (2021)Toussaint Louverture, der Anführer der Haitianischen Revolution im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert, ist für mich eine der bemerkenswertesten Figuren der Weltgeschichte. Ein ehemaliger Sklave, der gegen die stärksten Armeen seiner Zeit kämpfte und die erste unabhängige schwarze Republik gründete.  Der Republikaner Louverture war nicht nur ein militärisches Genie, sondern auch ein Mann von Prinzipien: Freiheit, Gleichheit und Vergebung. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie eine Vision und unerschütterliche Werte die Welt verändern können.  Warum lesen? Louvertures Geschichte inspiriert dazu, mutig für das einzustehen, was richtig ist, und erinnert daran, dass wahre Größe aus Charakter und Überzeugung entsteht.  Warum lesen Sie nicht mehr?  Hören Sie auf, sich mit sozialen Medien oder flachen Schlagzeilen berieseln zu lassen. Bücher bieten Tiefe, Perspektive und Klarheit. Sie machen Sie zu einem stärkeren, klügeren Menschen.  Besuchen Sie meine Webseite www.muellermathias.ch für das vollständige Transkript dieses Artikels und weitere Buchempfehlungen. Unterstützen Sie diesen Podcast via www.buymeacoffee.com/stoicpirate – jeder Beitrag hilft, weiterhin Inhalte für Sie bereitzustellen.  Machen Sie 2025 zu einem Jahr des Wachstums und der Selbstherausforderung. Lesen Sie, lernen Sie, und denken Sie kritisch. Die Welt braucht Menschen, die denken können – nicht nur Mitläufer.

Virginie Girod raconte le destin de Toussaint Louverture, esclave affranchi devenu général et entré dans l'Histoire pour son rôle dans le processus d'indépendance d'Haïti. En août 1791, dans la colonie française de Saint-Domingue, une insurrection d'esclaves éclate, mettant l'île à feu et à sang. Ces derniers entendent faire abolir le système qui les oppresse alors qu'en métropole, la Déclaration des droits de l'Homme a déclaré les hommes "libres et égaux en droit". Parmi les insurgés, se trouve Toussaint Bréda (env. 1743-1803), esclave affranchi qui bientôt, entre dans l'Histoire sous le nom de Toussaint Louverture. Œuvrant pour l'indépendance de la colonie qui l'a vu naître, il se rallie dans un premier temps à l'Espagne pour affaiblir la France, qu'il soutient finalement lorsque la Convention vote le décret d'abolition de l'esclavage.

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025) is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant, award-winning Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Marlene Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025) is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant, award-winning Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Marlene Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025) is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant, award-winning Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Marlene Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025) is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant, award-winning Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Marlene Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025) is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant, award-winning Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Marlene Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025) is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant, award-winning Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Marlene Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025) is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant, award-winning Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was. Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Christophe first fought to overthrow the British in North America, before helping his fellow enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then called, to gain their freedom from France. Yet in an incredible twist of fate, Christophe ended up fighting with Napoleon's forces against the very enslaved men and women he had once fought alongside. Later, reuniting with those he had betrayed, he offered to lead them and made himself their king. But it all came to a sudden and tragic end when Christophe—after nine years of his rule as King Henry I—shot himself in the heart, some say with a silver bullet. Why did Christophe turn his back on Toussaint Louverture and the very revolution with which his name is so indelibly associated? How did it come to pass that Christophe found himself accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Haiti's first ruler, Dessalines? What caused Haiti to eventually split into two countries, one ruled by Christophe in the north, who made himself king, the other led by President Pétion in the south? The First and Last King of Haiti is a riveting story of not only geopolitical clashes on a grand scale but also of friendship and loyalty, treachery and betrayal, heroism and strife in an era of revolutionary upheaval. Marlene Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

Visit glögg glögg, a POP up ART sale, Dec 13-14 in Woodstock NY: ⁠website⁠ or ⁠IG⁠ --------------- Artist, Jennifer Coates is back for Part 3 in our series about finding artistic resilience through research! This time we look at these artists and how they adapted to their own gloomy times of foreboding: Kay Sage: Found a way to paint even though she was a victim of domestic violence and ignored by the art world, and used her money to help Surrealist artists flee Germany and France before WWII Grete Stern: Sneakily slipped in feminist art into a fluffy women's magazine under the Peronist regime Jacob Lawrence: Illustrated injustices and acts of racism not covered by the history books Frederic Edwin Church: Painted an emblem that many thought symbolized the coming Civil War Works mentioned: Kay Sage works: "This Morning" 1939, "China Eggs" Autobiography, "I Saw Three Cities" 1944, "A Bird in the Room" 1955, "Destiny" a poem Grete Stern works: "Los Sueños: Muñecos (Dreams: The Doll)" 1949 for Idilio Magazine (Argentina) Jacob Lawrence works: "The Life of Toussaint Louverture," "Migration" and "Struggle" Series Frederic Edwin Church works: "Meteor" 1860, with writers/poets: Herman Melville's "The Portent" 1859, Walt Whitman's "Year of Meteors" 1860 and "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" 1856 (both "Leaves of Grass") Other artists mentioned: André Breton, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca **Disclaimer: As we are not historians by trade, some factual errors may have slipped through. Apologies if so ** Jennifer Coates online: ⁠web⁠ and ⁠IG⁠ Amy Talluto online: ⁠web⁠ and ⁠IG⁠ Thank you, Jennifer! Thank you, Listeners! All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@peptalksforartists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pep Talks website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠peptalksforartists.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amy, your beloved host, on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@talluts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amy's website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠amytalluto.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BuyMeACoffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donations always appreciated! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/support

Cap sur les Caraïbes dans les dernières années du 18ème siècle. Né dans l'esclavage, Toussaint Louverture sera affranchi et gravira tous les échelons jusqu'à devenir Gouverneur général de l'ile de Saint Domingue. Héros de la colonie qui deviendra indépendante sous le nom d'Haïti, arrêté sur ordre de Bonaparte, il mourra dans les geôles du fort de Joux. Plongez dans l'histoire tragique de l'esclave affranchi qui a guidé Saint Domingue vers la liberté. Crédits : Lorànt Deutsch, Bruno Calvès. Du lundi au vendredi de 15h à 15h30, Lorànt Deutsch vous révèle les secrets des personnages historiques les plus captivants !

Né et grandi dans un bidonville d'Haïti, Jimmy Jean-Louis, acteur, mannequin, réalisateur et auteur, a trouvé le succès à Hollywood. Il se confie dans un récit intitulé «Héros», publié aux éditions Récamier. Nous l'avons rencontré lors de son passage à Paris. Son livre Héros fait un clin d'œil à la série américaine Heroes, qui l'a rendu célèbre en incarnant l'énigmatique René, l'Haïtien. Il a aussi interprété Toussaint Louverture, héros de l'indépendance haïtienne, et a tourné dans des films partout dans le monde, notamment en Afrique. Lors d'un récent passage à Paris, Jimmy Jean-Louis a évoqué au micro de Sophie Torlotin son parcours de résilience, débuté dans son enfance à Pétion-Ville, banlieue de Port-au-Prince. « Nous n'avions ni électricité ni eau potable, mais ce qui comptait, c'étaient les valeurs humaines et la nature », explique l'acteur, arrivé en France à 12 ans. Il retrace ensuite sa vie, de son passage dans une cité parisienne aux formations artistiques à Paris, jusqu'à Hollywood. L'acteur, engagé avec une association en Haïti, déplore aujourd'hui l'abandon total de son pays natal.Quel avenir pour la MMAS ?Hier jeudi (24 octobre 2024), un hélicoptère du Programme alimentaire mondial a été contraint d'atterrir en urgence après une attaque de gangs à Port-au-Prince. Selon le Miami Herald, des véhicules de l'ambassade américaine en Haïti ont aussi été ciblés, et une nouvelle série d'évacuations diplomatiques serait envisagée. Cet incident illustre la tension à Port-au-Prince et les défis auxquels fait face la MMAS (Mission multinationale d'appui à la sécurité), actuellement dirigée par le Kenya. Les autorités haïtiennes demandent désormais une transformation de la MMAS en mission de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, rejoignant une demande déjà formulée par les États-Unis. Cependant, Lou Pingeot, professeure auxiliaire à l'Université d'Ottawa, souligne qu'une telle mission onusienne n'est pas sans risques, comme elle l'explique au micro de Mikaël Ponge. Kamala Harris et Donald Trump, quelle politique étrangère ?En collaboration avec notre collègue Aabla Jounaïdi du desk Amériques, nous analysons les programmes de Kamala Harris et Donald Trump en matière de politique étrangère. Trump critique l'implication coûteuse des États-Unis dans les conflits mondiaux et promet d'arrêter les guerres, y compris celle entre la Russie et l'Ukraine, sans préciser ses méthodes. Kamala Harris, elle, prône la continuité du soutien militaire à l'Ukraine, accusant Trump de vouloir céder à la Russie. Au Proche-Orient, elle exprime plus d'empathie pour les Palestiniens que Joe Biden, mais ne prévoit pas de changement dans le soutien à Israël, un point qui suscite des critiques au sein de son parti. Elle favorise une diplomatie globale et des alliances renforcées, tandis que Trump adopte une posture isolationniste et promet des expulsions massives pour résoudre la crise migratoire.La campagne présidentielle en musiqueLarmes amères : les souffrances des peuples amérindiens dans la musique américaine : Dans l'avant-dernier épisode de notre feuilleton musical, nous explorons les douleurs des Amérindiens, victimes de l'un des péchés originels des États-Unis.Journal de la 1èreEn Martinique, le RPRACC et les syndicats défilent ensemble ce vendredi matin (25 octobre 2024) contre la vie chère.

VISITÁ NUESTRA WEB: https://www.historiaenpodcast.com.ar/ La abolición de la esclavitud verá su primer ensayo en la excolonia francesa del Caribe: Santo Domingo. Una lucha fogoneada a la luz de los sucesos desprendidos de la Revolución Francesa, lidarada por el exesclavo Toussaint Louverture que termina con la independencia de Haití. Como lo dijo su líder "si la naturaleza se complace en diversificar los colores de la especie humana, no constituye un crimen ser negro, ni una ventaja ser blanco" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seguimos con la segunda parte de la audioserie titulada "Érase una vez el Este", y esta vez nos desplazamos en nuestro viaje al Caribe, concretamente a la Isla de la Española, isla que comparten dos países como son La República Dominicana y Haití. Y es precisamente en Haití donde sigue la historia de nuestros protagonistas. Como ya sabéis esta serie o audioserie consiste en varios capítulos en los que se mezclan la realidad y la ficción y en los que hablamos de hechos históricos y de sucesos que están de plena actualidad. Y este proyecto de "Érase una vez el Este", es idea, como ya sabéis, de dos grandes amigos de LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA HISTORIA, como son Juan Lamas, malagueño, historiador, escritor y guionista, y Verónica, barcelonesa, actriz y cantante amateur y gran apasionada por la historia. Ellos son los artífices de esto y les agradezco su trabajo. *En este programa tenemos el placer de contar con la voz de nuestro gran amigo Julio Caronte y de nuevo con la colaboración de Doc Salvaje. Os dejo con el séptimo capítulo titulado "El jardín mancillado". Ya sabemos que es una mala costumbre del ser humano hacer leña del árbol caído. Imaginad que no se trata de un solo árbol, sino de un país entero que una vez fue denominado "El paraíso". Esa denominación duró muy poco tiempo. Haití, el jardín mancillado, pasó de ser ignorado por España, que prefirió centrar sus esfuerzos en lugares más fáciles de habitar, a convertirse en la joya de la corona del Rey de Francia. Cientos de miles de esclavos africanos fueron trasladados allí para explotar sus recursos agrícolas y mineros en esos años. Quiso el destino que una rebelión general de esos esclavos triunfase y todo ese jardín del terror organizado por Francia terminase abruptamente. Las flores henchidas de sudor y sangre esclava fueron cortadas de raíz. Pero como árboles caídos, las estructuras políticas creadas por los esclavos se hacían leña y ardían en las hogueras de la edad contemporánea. Hoy por hoy apenas queda leña que cortar, o eso dicen. Pero si no quedase nada que obtener, ¿Porqué Haití sigue controlada por los poderes extranjeros? ¿Quién tiene interés en cortar todos los brotes de ese jardín? Noticias: -Así actúa la 'BRUTAL' POLICÍA DE KENIA que HAITÍ quiere para DERROCAR A PANDILLAS. El Comercio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYaX6ruTkwA -Bandas criminales amenazan con derrocar al Gobierno. DW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q4717-p7h8 -Calles bloqueadas y un aeropuerto vacío en Haití_ imágenes muestran el impacto de la feroz violencia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7ltF4401w -Euronews. No Comment _ Escenas de guerra en Haití por enfrentamientos entre bandas en la capital. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZatNvn9HQg Musica: -Conquest of Paradise - Vangelis. Cover for 8 cellos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqt-hcizcEA -La Guillotine permanente. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuyORbGWnD0 -A La Derive Feat. Eric Charles - Haiti Twoubadou. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAL23ANUK2s -Allen grey. Sad angelic choir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPpuh_3cMZA -Bachata haiti creole zorro negro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9f3PyxKHeU -Georg Friedrich Haendel - Sarabande. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWMR79IMQ-M -Clementi - Fantasie Variations _Au Clair De La Lune_, Op. 48. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksSKkmemzCo -Far Cry 3 - Main Theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuZy6A9luhU -Hispaniola. Vangelis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwB4TrVJ3zo -Jimmy Jean-Louis is Toussaint Louverture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpaMTWYcpik -Fundación J. March. La música de Calderón de la Barca. Raquel Andueza y La Galanía. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYF82vwBs-4 -Le Vaudou Haitien ~ Baron - Ghede. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiooHSjHC40 -Le Vaudou Haitien ~ Marassa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMk9wblP2Ik&list=RDEMRNg8h_s6rbsrudNxg2BBjA&start_radio=1 -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem. Confutatis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GZ_W5XjW0 -Música en tiempos de Simón Bolivar - Contradanza. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABWv-c_AYrA -Pas Cadencé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kEawLosZHkNo -Rameau_ Les Indes galantes - BBC Proms 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZtWNZ_U_f8 -Râ-Râ Folklore d'Haiti - Min Yo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHcCHVVzhcA -Tears for Fears - Los Reyes Católicos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7kzGrFisE -Yo san Pitye Racine Mapou De Azor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLpVvat4jM Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

1802. October... November... December... three months in which the longstanding contest between the British and the French switches from the battlefield to the negotiating table... After two complete years in power Napoleon Bonaparte's position looks increasingly secure... And the decision is taken to send a French fleet across the Atlantic with Saint-Domiongue's Toussaint Louverture in the firing line. This is episode 40 of the Napoleonic Quarterly - covering three months in which the curtain falls on the French Wars of the French Revolution. [16:52] - headline developments [21:05] - Graeme Callister on peace negotiations between Britain and France [41:30] - William Doyle on Bonaparte's first two years in power [1:07:30] - Marlene Daut on the decision to send a fleet to Saint-Domingue [1:20:52] - Season five closing comments from Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze

The creation of Haiti was the culmination of a slave revolt that began on a stormy night in the dense woods of Bois Caïman in Saint-Domingue, on 21st September, 1791, when a Voodoo ceremony led by the Jamaican-born priest Dutty Boukman called upon the enslaved Africans to reject their masters and embrace freedom in a bloody uprising. Saint-Domingue was France's most lucrative colony, producing vast quantities of sugar, coffee, cotton, and indigo. However, this wealth came at an enormous human cost. The brutal conditions on the plantations, exacerbated by rampant diseases like yellow fever, led to a staggering death rate among the enslaved population.  Meanwhile the French colonists, who were vastly outnumbered by the enslaved Africans, lived in constant fear of rebellion. When it came, the uprising rapidly gained momentum, destroying hundreds of plantations and killing thousands of white colonists within weeks. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how the revolution was not actually intended to separate Haiti from France; consider how Toussaint Louverture rose through the ranks to command a formidable army and confront Napoleon's forces; and reveal how the Haitian flag came to be…  Further Reading: • ‘Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) • Global African History' (Blackpast, 2007): https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/haitian-revolution-1791-1804/ • 'How Toussaint L'ouverture Rose from Slavery to Lead the Haitian Revolution' (HISTORY, 2021): https://www.history.com/news/toussaint-louverture-haiti-revolution • 'The Haitian Revolution - Liberation' (Extra History, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfLskhmVd7k Love the show? Support us!  Join 

Marlene Daut, Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University, discusses the incredible 13-year period from 1791 to 1804 which saw self-liberated slaves, not least leader Toussaint Louverture, overcome French colonial rule to win freedom on Haiti. Including: [01:00] - Reflections on the complexity of the Haitian Revolution [05:15] - The intellectual roots of the Haitian Revolution [09:30] - Metropolitan France's negative / imperialist attitudes towards Toussaint Louverture and Saint-Domingue [14:00] - Bringing Haitian writers' thoughts and ideas to life [18:00] - Competing narratives about the Haitian Revolution - and what the revolutionaries said themselves [20:50] - Spelling out the end of slavery during the Revolution [22:30] - The challenges of implementing liberty after centuries of enslaved labour (or, how it all went wrong) [25:30] - Writing the biography of Henri-Christophe, the first king of Haiti [28:00] - Race and racism in Haiti's Anglophone historiography.

La vente de la Louisiane par la France aux États-Unis en 1803, connue sous le nom de la "Louisiana Purchase", est un événement majeur de l'histoire américaine et française. Plusieurs facteurs stratégiques, économiques et politiques ont conduit à cette transaction.Contexte HistoriqueÀ l'aube du XIXe siècle, la France était dirigée par Napoléon Bonaparte, qui avait des ambitions expansionnistes en Europe et au-delà. En 1800, par le traité de San Ildefonso, l'Espagne a restitué la Louisiane à la France, une immense région s'étendant de la rivière Mississippi aux montagnes Rocheuses, couvrant environ 828 000 miles carrés.Raisons de la Vente1. Pressions Militaires et Diplomatiques :Napoléon avait de grandes ambitions en Europe et nécessitait des ressources financières et militaires pour soutenir ses campagnes. De plus, les tensions croissantes avec la Grande-Bretagne menaçaient une nouvelle guerre. Napoléon craignait que la Louisiane ne soit difficile à défendre et pourrait facilement tomber aux mains des Britanniques en cas de conflit.2. Révolte en Haïti :La révolte des esclaves à Saint-Domingue (aujourd'hui Haïti), dirigée par Toussaint Louverture, a été un coup dur pour les ambitions coloniales françaises dans les Amériques. La France a subi de lourdes pertes et a perdu le contrôle de l'île, réduisant ainsi son intérêt pour les possessions coloniales américaines, dont la Louisiane.3. Situation Économique :La France était en difficulté financière à cause des guerres continues en Europe. La vente de la Louisiane représentait une opportunité d'obtenir des fonds rapidement. Les États-Unis ont proposé 15 millions de dollars pour l'acquisition, une somme considérable pour l'époque, offrant à Napoléon des liquidités nécessaires pour financer ses campagnes militaires.4. Expansion Américaine :Pour les États-Unis, l'achat de la Louisiane était une occasion en or pour doubler leur territoire, ouvrir de nouvelles terres à la colonisation et garantir un accès crucial à la rivière Mississippi et au port de La Nouvelle-Orléans, essentiels pour le commerce.ConclusionLa vente de la Louisiane a été un acte pragmatique de la part de Napoléon, visant à renforcer la position française en Europe tout en se débarrassant d'une colonie difficile à défendre. Pour les États-Unis, ce fut une opportunité d'expansion territoriale et économique sans précédent. Cette transaction a profondément influencé l'histoire des deux nations, marquant un tournant dans l'expansion américaine et la politique coloniale française. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Le chef de l'armée de terre bolivienne, le général Zúñiga, a rassemblé hommes et blindés hier (26 juin 2024) devant le palais présidentiel, à La Paz. Mais faute de soutiens, le coup d'État a été rapidement avorté, et le général Zúñiga a été arrêté. La tentative de coup d'État n'aura duré que quelques heures en Bolivie. Le général Zúñiga n'est pas parvenu à fédérer, et sa tentative de prise de pouvoir est rapidement tombée à l'eau. Démis de ses fonctions par le président Luis Arce et désormais en prison, le général rebelle a rassemblé contre lui la population bolivienne, mais aussi de nombreux dirigeants du monde entier qui ont dénoncé cette tentative de coup d'État. Son échec, le général Zúñiga le doit au peu de soutien qu'il a reçu dans sa tentative, que Gaspard Estrada politologue à Sciences Po explique par « la réaction rapide du gouvernement de Luis Arce, c'est-à-dire dénoncer la situation, procéder au remplacement des forces militaires pour délégitimer le général, mais aussi parce qu'il n'a pas reçu le soutien des dirigeants de l'opposition, qui cherche à se légitimer électoralement depuis le coup d'État de 2019 contre le président de l'époque Evo Morales ». Mais selon Gaspard Estrada, « la situation en Bolivie était déjà inflammable depuis plusieurs semaines, compte tenu d'une crise économique, d'une cherté de la vie, le tout dans un contexte pré-électoral ». Les prochaines élections présidentielles doivent se tenir en 2025 en Bolivie.Les journaux de la région sont largement revenus sur cet épisode. En Argentine, le journal Clarin condamne la tentative du chef de l'armée : « Comme une mauvaise imitation d'émeute directement sortie de l'histoire, le général Zúñiga a tenté un coup d'État qui a échoué, à peine commencé. »Aux États-Unis, le premier débat télévisé de la campagne présidentielleAux États-Unis, Joe Biden et Donald Trump vont s'affronter ce jeudi  27 juin 2024 à l'occasion du premier débat télévisé de la campagne, en vue des élections présidentielles de novembre 2024. Mais tous les Américains n'attendent pas ce duel avec la même impatience. Le Washington Post a préparé 21 questions qu'il serait bon de poser aux deux candidats ce soir (27 juin). Elles portent sur la politique intérieure, comme la question de l'accès à la propriété, de plus en plus difficile pour les Américains, l'impact des réseaux sociaux sur les enfants ou ce que prévoit le futur président pour l'anniversaire des 250 ans de l'indépendance du pays en 2026. Mais il y a aussi de la politique extérieure, par exemple, « Quelle serait la victoire en Ukraine ? Que devraient faire les États-Unis pour la garantir ? » ou bien « Comment pourriez-vous terminer la guerre à Gaza ? » Les réponses ne sont pas toujours évidentes, le Washington Post l'admet.« Une opportunité unique » pour HaïtiLe Premier ministre haïtien Gary Conille a qualifié « d'opportunité unique » l'arrivée dans le pays des premiers policiers kenyans. « Le premier contingent est mobilisé. Il est solide pour accompagner et supporter les stratégies haïtiennes pour reprendre notre sécurité, maison après maison, quartier après quartier, ville après ville. » Un deuxième contingent pourrait arriver aujourd'hui (jeudi 27 juin 2024). « Cela devrait monter à 400 le nombre de troupes kényanes disponibles », explique Frantz Duval, rédacteur en chef du Nouvelliste.  « Cela correspond à la capacité d'accueil de la base érigée du côté de l'aéroport Toussaint-Louverture de Port-au-Prince ». Mais pour l'instant, impossible de savoir quelles seront les missions attribuées à ces hommes. « On ignore les plans d'Haïti. On ignore comment va se faire le déploiement dans la capitale, comment seront les interactions avec les forces haïtiennes. On ne sait pas quelles seront les priorités. Est-ce que ce sera simplement de sécuriser certains bâtiments, certains points stratégiques ? On ne sait pas », admet Frantz Duval. La population, elle, perçoit ces arrivées avec soulagement, assure le rédacteur en chef. « Ça fait des mois et des mois qu'on parle de l'arrivée de cette mission, ça fait des mois aussi que la population subit les coups et contrecoups des actions des gangs. L'arrivée de la mission va apaiser la situation et si ça permet de rétablir la sécurité et la circulation des personnes et des biens, ça aura un impact positif pour la population. »En Une du journal Le Nouvelliste, « À Port-au-Prince, l'État ne protège ni les morts ni les vivants ». Le quotidien s'est rendu dans le cimetière de la capitale, devenu une planque pour les gangs. « Même inhumer un proche de nos jours à Port-au-Prince représente un véritable casse-tête chinois. » À cause des groupes armés, difficile pour les habitants d'enterrer leurs morts en paix. « Sans rituel, ni fanfare, ni un dernier mot, voilà comment se déroule une cérémonie funéraire au grand cimetière de Port-au-Prince, sous les regards attentifs d'hommes lourdement armés. ». Un reportage à lire sur le site du Nouvelliste.Un ex-président condamné pour trafic de drogueL'ex-président du Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, a été reconnu coupable de trafic international de drogue par un tribunal de New York. Condamné pour avoir envoyé vers les États-Unis des centaines de tonnes de cocaïne et d'avoir protégé les narcotrafiquants des enquêtes, en échange de quoi il aurait reçu des millions de dollars de la part des cartels dont le célèbre cartel mexicain de Sinaloa.Juan Orlando Hernandez n'a cessé de clamer son innocence, mais il a finalement été condamné à une amende de 8 millions de dollars et 45 ans de prison, « une peine qui a surpris les Honduriens présents au procès, note La Prensa, eux qui s'attendaient à une condamnation à perpétuité. » « Mais l'ancien président est âgé de 55 ans, il devrait donc sortir de prison à 100 ans, un âge que peu de personnes atteignent ».Le Journal de la 1èreDe nouvelles perspectives pour les patients antillo-guyanais en attente de greffe.

Les premiers policiers kenyans ont posé le pied en Haïti ce mardi (25 juin 2024) - 200 pour le moment sur le millier promis par Nairobi. Ils vont commencer à organiser la logistique, à baliser le terrain et à mener des opérations de reconnaissance, avant de commencer à appuyer la police nationale haïtienne dans sa lutte conte les gangs. Les policiers kenyans sont arrivés sous les applaudissements sur tarmac de l'aéroport international Toussaint-Louverture – en treillis, arme en bandoulière et casque sur la tête, brandissant le drapeau kenyan, rapporte notre correspondante à Port-au-Prince, Marie-André Bélange. Le Premier ministre Garry Conille a remercié le président kenyan William Ruto et le peuple kenyan. Dans les rues de Port-au-Prince, les Haïtiens ont commenté cette arrivée, avec un seul souhait, exprimé par ce technicien en communication : « J'aimerais qu'ils se mettent au travail pour combattre les bandits armés. J'espère qu'ils ne vont pas faire comme les précédentes missions de l'ONU qui venaient prendre du bon temps ». « Les Kenyans sont là, quels sont nos plans ? », s'interroge de son côté Frantz Duval dans Le Nouvelliste. L'éditorialiste déplore que, comme lors des deux débarquements précédents de forces étrangères en Haïti, en 1994 et 2004, « il n'existe aucun vrai plan pour construire et consolider les institutions démocratiques ni les organes de sécurité. Encore une fois, le pays va essayer de bricoler des solutions en cours de route ». La seule différence, remarque-t-il, c'est que « toute la classe politique, tous les représentants du secteur privé, toutes les associations de la société civile et tutti quanti sont au pouvoir » avec le Conseil présidentiel de transition. Et « plus personne de la classe politique ne met en cause » l'opportunité de ce déploiement.  Quelle est la situation à Port-au-Prince ?Quel est dans le détail le contexte sécuritaire à Port-au-Prince, où les soldats kenyans commencent à prendre leurs quartiers ? Diego Da Rin, expert pour International Crisis Group, revient sur la situation dans la capitale. Les gangs sont censés contrôler 80% de la ville, mais « il y a des nuances à apporter », entre les bastions complétement contrôlés par les gangs, où les forces de sécurité ne peuvent plus entrer, et les « zones d'influence » où ces gangs kidnappent et rackettent.Par ailleurs, la situation a « énormément évolué depuis le début des attaques concertées », fin février 2024, menées par deux bandes à l'origine rivales : les débuts ont été « extrêmement agressifs », avec les attaques de l'aéroport, des ports, mais aussi des commissariats – pour éviter que ceux-ci ne puissent servir de base à la police et la force internationale. Mais depuis fin mai 2024, on constate une diminution des attaques violentes contre les forces de sécurité. Un des chefs de gang, Jimmy Chérizier, a publié il y a quelques jours un appel au dialogue, dans lequel il interpelle directement le Premier ministre. « Depuis qu'il y a des plans qui commencent à avancer pour envoyer une mission de sécurité pour soutenir la police », explique Diego Da Rin, « Chérizier a toujours demandé des dialogues et pas des combats. Il y a quelques mois, il le demandait de manière très agressive. » Là, il y a « un changement de ton », d'autant qu'il s'adresse directement au Premier ministre « alors que jusqu'ici, il avait toujours refusé de s'asseoir autour d'une table avec le gouvernement de transition dirigé par Ariel Henry ».Le journal Le Nouvelliste a interrogé le Premier ministre sur le dernier appel au dialogue de Jimmy Chérizier. « La réponse est évidente », selon Garry Conille : « D'abord, il faut déposer les armes ; ensuite, reconnaître l'autorité de l'État haïtien avant toute autre disposition et nous verrons ce que nous pouvons faire ». Et le Premier ministre s'est également adressé aux membres des gangs : « je suis certain que vous êtes fatigués avec ces destructions que vous avez créées. Je suis sûr et certain que vous êtes prêts à faire votre mea culpa ».Les gangs sont-ils effectivement prêts à s'engager dans un processus de désarmement ? « On ne peut pas dire avec certitude si tous les gangs seraient prêts à entrer dans un processus de négociation », estime Diego Darin. Jimmy Chérizier se présente comme le porte-parole d'une coalition de gangs. Et on ne sait pas si le reste des chefs de gangs, moins visibles médiatiquement, vont vouloir s'aligner derrière sa position.Un journaliste du Wall Street Journal jugé à MoscouEvan Gershkovich, dont le procès commence ce mercredi (26 juin 2024) à Moscou, est accusé d'espionnage. « Appeler ça un procès est injuste pour Evan, et c'est une continuation de cette parodie de justice qui a déjà duré trop longtemps », écrit ce mercredi, le rédacteur en chef du Wall Street Journal, qui le répète : Evan Gershkovich est innocent. Le journaliste a été arrêté, il y a un peu plus d'un an, lors d'un reportage en Russie, il est accusé d'espionnage et risque 20 ans de prison, rappelle le Washington Post, qui précise que c'est la première fois depuis la Guerre froide qu'un journaliste américain est jugé pour espionnage. Le New York Times pointe « l'absence de preuves avancées par les autorités russes ». L'an dernier (2023), le Département d'État américain avait jugé qu'il était détenu à tort, ce qui, explique le journal, « oblige le gouvernement fédéral à travailler à sa libération ».Au Guatemala, le journaliste Ruben Zamora reste en prisonRuben Zamora, 67 ans, fondateur du quotidien El Periodiquito, un journal connu pour ses enquêtes sur la corruption au sein du gouvernement de l'époque, celui d'Alejandro Giammatei. Un journal poussé à la fermeture, tandis que Ruben Zamora était condamné à six ans de prison pour blanchiment d'argent. Il devait être libéré, rappelle La Hora - une liberté conditionnelle avec assignation à résidence. Mais le procureur Rafael Corruchiche a annoncé qu'à sa demande, la cour d'appel avait révoqué cette liberté conditionnelle, écrit Prensa Libre. Rafael Corruchiche, rappelle Prensa Comunitaria, figure sur la liste des acteurs corrompus et démocratiques des États-Unis ; et l'actuel président Bernardo Arevalo, élu l'an dernier (2023) sur un programme anticorruption, l'accuse d'avoir tout fait pour l'empêcher d'arriver au pouvoir. Sur le réseau social X, José Carlos Zamora, le fils de Ruben Zamora, a réagi au maintien de son père en prison : « cela fait 697 jours que mon père est détenu arbitrairement. Il est détenu arbitrairement depuis 697 jours dans le cadre d'un faux procès au cours duquel tous ses droits ont été violés ».Le Journal de la 1èreLe premier tour des législatives se passe samedi (29 juin 2024)  en Guadeloupe...

Guest: Sudhir Hazareesingh is a British-Mauritian historian. He is a Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy.  He has written extensively about French intellectual and cultural history, among his books are The Legend of Napoleon, In the Shadow of the General and How the French Think. He won the Prix du Mémorial d'Ajaccio and the Prix de la Fondation Napoléon for the first of these, a Prix d'Histoire du Sénat for the second, and the Grand Prix du Livre d'Idées for the third. His latest book is Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture. Image credit: Wikimedia The post The Making of a Haitian Revolutionary: From Toussaint Breda to Toussaint L'Ouverture appeared first on KPFA.

Rencontre avec Toussaint Louverture. Homme libre sur une île soumise à la traite négrière, ce génie politique se battra toute sa vie pour libérer les esclaves de Saint-Domingue, l'actuelle Haïti. Cependant, Napoléon Bonaparte s'oppose à lui, avec la ferme intention de rétablir l'esclavage dans les colonies."Secrets d'Histoire" est un podcast d'Initial Studio, adapté de l'émission de télévision éponyme produite par la Société Européenne de Production ©2024 SEP / France Télévisions. Cet épisode a été écrit et réalisé par Bruno Deltombe.Un podcast présenté par Stéphane Bern. Avec la voix d'Isabelle Benhadj.Vous pouvez retrouver Secrets d'Histoire sur France 3 ou en replay sur France.tv, et suivre l'émission sur Instagram et Facebook.Crédits du podcastProduction exécutive du podcast : Initial StudioProduction éditoriale : Sarah Koskievic et Mandy LebourgMontage : Camille Legras

Le sort des esclaves noirs commence à préoccuper les Français, même ceux des villes de province. Grâce à l'influence des philosophes des Lumières, un mot commence à apparaître et à gagner en puissance : l'abolitionnisme. Pourtant, dans les colonies, cette discussion ne semble pas avoir de conséquences immédiates. Les esclaves continuent de souffrir."Secrets d'Histoire" est un podcast d'Initial Studio, adapté de l'émission de télévision éponyme produite par la Société Européenne de Production ©2024 SEP / France Télévisions. Cet épisode a été écrit et réalisé par Bruno Deltombe.Un podcast présenté par Stéphane Bern. Avec la voix d'Isabelle Benhadj.Vous pouvez retrouver Secrets d'Histoire sur France 3 ou en replay sur France.tv, et suivre l'émission sur Instagram et Facebook.Crédits du podcastProduction exécutive du podcast : Initial StudioProduction éditoriale : Sarah Koskievic et Mandy LebourgMontage : Camille Legras

Napoléon Bonaparte envoie des troupes à Saint-Domingues pour arrêter la révolution. Toussaint Louverture organise la résistance, mais les combats sont rudes. Piégé, il se fera arrêter, et sera emmené en France métropolitaine. "Secrets d'Histoire" est un podcast d'Initial Studio, adapté de l'émission de télévision éponyme produite par la Société Européenne de Production ©2024 SEP / France Télévisions. Cet épisode a été écrit et réalisé par Bruno Deltombe.Un podcast présenté par Stéphane Bern. Avec la voix d'Isabelle Benhadj.Vous pouvez retrouver Secrets d'Histoire sur France 3 ou en replay sur France.tv, et suivre l'émission sur Instagram et Facebook.Crédits du podcastProduction exécutive du podcast : Initial StudioProduction éditoriale : Sarah Koskievic et Mandy LebourgMontage : Camille Legras

Stop, collaborate, and listen, because we are FINALLY back with a brand new edition. In 1791 the slaves of Saint Domingue, which is modern day Haiti, rose up in rebellion to overthrow their oppressors. From this chaos came a man who would prove to be an adept leader and cunning politician. He would eventually find a way to eliminate slavery in Haiti and his work would lead to the first sovereign nation in the Caribbean. In this episode we're taking a look at his early life and the first few years of the rebellion. It's a wild and rarely told story, so we are excited to be back to tell it to you. So why don't you grab a drink, settle in, and enjoy this episode of Hundred Proof History titled Toussaint Louverture Part I...Flip Flopping for Freedom! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/100proofhistory/message

At the turn of the nineteenth century, two waves of revolutions swept the Atlantic world, disrupting the social order and ushering in a new democratic-republican experiment whose effects rippled across continents and centuries. The first wave of revolutions in the late 1700s (which included the much-celebrated American and French Revolutions and the revolt against slavery in Saint Domingue/Haiti) succeeded in disrupting existing political structures. But it wasn't until the second wave of revolutionaries came to maturity in the early 1800s—imbued with a passion for social mobility and a knack for political organizing—that these new forms of political life took durable shape, from the states of independent Haiti and Spanish America to the post-revolutionary governments that arose during and after Napoleon's long reign over early nineteenth-century Europe.Today's guest is Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, author of “The Age of Revolutions and the Generations Who Made It.” We look at familiar figures like John Adams and little-known yet pivotal actors such as Marie Bunel, a confidant of Toussaint Louverture in the Haitian Revolution. Monarchies topple and are resurrected, republics emerge and find their footings, and a new social order of mobility upends the previous hierarchical system of rigid social classes. We see that one generation's fledgling successes allowed their successors to fulfill the promise of a new world order.

In this great episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by the creative team behind the new graphic novel Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History!  This tremendous work is the graphic novelization of a long lost CLR James play about the Haitian Revolution (which, incidentally, starred the great Paul Robeson the only time it was staged). In this conversation, we talk about this play and the process of adapting it, as well as the objectives behind doing so.  A great discussion about how to make subjects like the Haitian Revolution more accessible to broad audiences! Sakina Karimjee is a theatre designer and draughtsperson, an activist and socialist and co-creator of graphic novels with her partner Nic Watts. Nic Watts is an illustrator, activist and socialist. He has created artwork for numerous fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, as well as other publications, websites, political campaigns and newspapers. He is the co-creator of graphic novels with his partner Sakina Karimjee. You can follow him on instagram @nicwatts_illustrator Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory