There’s a Haitian proverb in Kreyòl that says “Ayiti se tè glise.” “Haiti is slippery ground.” The proverb conveys the complex nature of the country and its inhabitants. Yet in spite of the fact that they defy simple definitions, Haiti and its people are often reduced to the racialized stereotypes of being “the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere” or the home of voodoo. This week, Milton Alan Turner talks about why Haiti has an image problem and needs, in the words of Gina Athena Ulysse “new narratives.”
