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Language / Haiti

The Language of Home: Creole, Identity, and Caribbean Confidence

Two strangers in a cold-country supermarket switch into the language of home and become instant kin — the confidence arc of Caribbean creole in one aisle.

2026-05-21 / 6 min read

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Haiti

Freedom in the Pot: Soup Joumou and Haitian Memory

Denied under colonial rule, claimed on independence morning: how a squash soup became Haiti's founding act, and why UNESCO's 2021 inscription only confirmed what Haitians already knew.

2026-05-17 / 5 min read

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