-----------

A 30 minute documentary on Haitian history, featuring an interview with CAROLYN FICK a Professor at the History Department at Concordia University in Montreal, who traces & explores Haiti's revolutionary history....

Born out of a slave revolt, Haiti became an independent nation on Jan. 1, 1804, a territory the French called St. Domingue won its independence through a revolutionary struggle that triumphed.... Before that, it was France's most lucrative colony for over a century, as more than half a million Africans slaved to produce sugar, rum, cotton, tobacco and indigo.

This documentary explores Haitian history, while also exploring how the countries history is related to present day struggles for self-determination in Haiti....

[Recorded / Produced in Montreal by CKUT Radio's Community News Collective member Elise Hugus....]