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EDITORIAL
HDNdigest 4, Our First Creole “Bonnes pages”
As we regretfully informed our readers, circumstances and life’s vagaries compelled us to postpone the publication of this HDNdigest issue originally scheduled for October 5. We are now back on track and are happy to deliver our 4th issue today, October 19, for your delectation.
For this comeback, we offer for the first time, in our “Bonnes pages,” an excerpt from a book in Haitian Creole, the exceptional Ti difé boulé sou istoua Ayiti (1977) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot. This is an important step in the development of our multilingual Haitian digital library taken with the collaboration of Daoud André, who recorded the original excerpt of Trouillot’s Creole masterpiece.
In addition, this issue offers for your reading, viewing, and listening pleasure and profit:
- An informative and entertaining spotlight on the Montreal-based Haitian musician and composer Harold Faustin introduced by Asselin Charles, with samples of his interpretations, scores and an interview with Jean Jonassaint;
- A profile of the prize-winning Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré whose innovative architectural designs are likely to revolutionize housing construction in tropical countries (with three videos of his lectures on the subject summarized by Hugo Cantin);
- Some helpful advice on stock market investment presented by Jean Jonassaint;
- An inspiring short talk by Seema Bansal about an experience in educational reform in India that requires neither money nor bureaucratic entanglements but resourcefulness and imagination.
In short, HDHdigest 4 is a cornucopia of information that may enrich minds and help fill pocketbooks.
Bonne lecture! Bonne écoute! Bon visionnement!
The co-editors
Asselin Charles and Jean Jonassaint
TARGET READERSHIP
The HDNdigest is a publication of Haitian Development Network designed for a composite readership consisting of people interested in, and supporting of, the economic, social, and cultural progress of Haiti and in the advancement of Haitians and Haitian descendants, both in Haiti and abroad.
OBJECTIVES
In addition to promoting Haiti, Haitians, their descendants, and communities, HDNdigest has three sets of objectives:
- To inform its readers, especially members and supporters of Haitian Development Network, about the organization’s activities, which include recent achievements, ongoing projects, and planned initiatives;
- To inspire and motivate its readers to support development initiatives for Haiti and Haitian communities;
- To suggest promising pathways for Haiti, Haitians, and Haitian descendants in such key areas as communication, community building, economy and finance, education, energy, entrepreneurship, food production, health, housing, transportation, etc.
LANGUAGES
Materials included in this publication are in English, French, Haitian Kreyòl or Spanish. Whenever possible we will provide French and English versions of editors’ texts that are more than two paragraphs long. Machine translation of various writings is available by simply clicking on the desired target language (French, English, or Spanish) — the current technical conditions do not allow us to provide automatic translations in the Haitian language.
CONTRIBUTORS
Two co-editors, Asselin Charles and Jean Jonassaint, assume oversight of the content and form of the materials published in this biweekly. They may also contribute short essays or information pieces. Other materials included in the publication are contributed by volunteer collaborators or taken, with requisite attribution, from open sources on the web or in the public domain.
FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION
The HDNdigest is an online bimonthly published every first and third Thursday of the month from February to November; on the first Thursday of December; and on the third Thursday of January.
DISTRIBUTION
The HDNdigest will be delivered free of charge directly to subscribers’ emails. In addition @ hdn.org/digest-2, readers can access the publication directly online or download it onto their device to be read, listened to, or printed.
Contents of This Issue:
HAITIAN MEDIA
For Haitian news, some Haitian media accessible online:
SPOTLIGHT ON
This is a piece that spotlights an individual (Haitian preferably but from any national or ethnic origin) or an institution (Haitian or non-Haitian) that has accomplished something worthy of admiration or emulation for the benefit of our collectivities.
Alternatively, instead of a short essay on an exemplary individual or institution this section may offer a short Q & A interview of said individual or representative of said institution.
An informative and entertaining spotlight on the Montreal-based Haitian musician and composer Harold Faustin introduced by Asselin Charles, with samples of his interpretations, scores and an interview with Jean Jonassaint
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
This section offers readers documents (articles, books, videos, films, webinars, podcasts, etc.) from various web publications in English, French, Haitian Kreyòl or Spanish, that highlight inspiring actions and initiatives from all over the world in the fields of education, economy and finance, food production (agriculture), infrastructure, communications, science, housing, entrepreneurship, community building, etc.
For each piece a headline is provided over either a short summary or the lead paragraph, followed by the link to the original source of the document on the web.
A profile of the prize-winning Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré whose innovative architectural designs are likely to revolutionize housing construction in tropical countries (with three videos of his lectures on the subject summarized by Hugo Cantin)
OPPORTUNITIES
Some helpful advice on stock market investment presented by Jean Jonassaint
LES BONNES PAGES
A first Creole Bonne Page: Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Ti difé boulé sou istoua Ayiti
Bonne lecture!
If you have any comments or suggestions, do not hesitate to write to us. In advance, thank you very much.
