Haiti, Our Mighty Black Nation

On January 1, 1804, Haiti, under the courageous leadership of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, declared independence from those soulless duppies that really don’t even deserve to be named, thus becoming the first independent Black republic.  As a result, African people throughout the New World used Haiti as a model and rebelled against their captors.  In order to quell these revolts, the european propaganda machine initiated a relentless attack on our nation that persists until today.

The poverty and misery that currently plagues Haiti is a direct result of the pernicious attack on the dignity of this sovereign nation.  Through trade sanctions, indirect and direct intervention (france, united snakes, united nations, kwk), and other tactics, the forces of white supremacy continue to try and choke the life out of this small island.

But they must not know they dealing with Africans and the African Spirit don’t die.

On this day (and all days), we celebrate Haiti, our mighty Black Nation.

This one is for Haiti, our nation.

For Boukman.  For Dessalines. For the hundreds of thousands of maroons.  Africans, free and beautiful, poised on being just that, understanding that no other existence would do; that there’s no other way to walk this earth.

The women. The men. The children. The babies.  All of them.  Shining star towards which we move.  Unabashed Black example of what we may be, of what we must be.

Haiti, Christ ain’t got nothing on you.

Haiti, our beautiful and mighty Black nation, we thank you.

Check these notes from my man, TShango: Haitian Revolution

-amari