Toussaint Must Be Crying In His Grave 210 Years Later

The dream of Toussaint Louverture, the architect of the liberty of Haiti, was to end slavery and keep the entire island of Hispaniola united as part of the French colony. However, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor could not stand to see the Negro people free. He unleashed the mightiest naval forces of the moment to subdue Haiti. After the most atrocious struggle, the French forces capitulated. The Negro slaves won their liberty and their territory. However, Freedom did not bring unity in the new country. It brought faction instead, as the majority Negro population would have to perpetually continue to fight the minority Caucasian and Mulatto that would not recognize the Blacks as equal, to collaborate with them to form an environment of mutual respect and prosperity for all.

Now, it is 210 years after the Independence. Haiti  has remained a culture of division and strife that has produced a “Failed State”, as to the standard of the world of Nation States and of the general society. Today, it is a system of Globalization where all nations are, like, one big society, one big world. In this atmosphere, nations are seeking to come together and form partnerships, to work collaboratively within a giant economy to render life more adaptable. It is sad for Haiti. Haitians are still not able to unite with their own national brothers and sisters. Haitians are still chasing each other like animals in the wild field. Haitians are still not capable of understanding that as members of one nation, they have to respect each other and collaborate with each other to form a progressive Haitian society and to be and accepted member of the general society.

On the ground of Haiti, there is the imperialist force of the United Nations. They have been there since 2004 when American forces kidnapped Jean Bertrand Aristide at the approach of a civil guerrilla band, financed by Americans subjects and corrupted Haitian bourgeois. They are there because the Haitians have not been able to find a common ground as members of one nation to work and build a progressive Haitian society. To make matters worst, the current system of government has not been adherent to democratic principles. So, on the eve of the 210 years festivities, Haiti is found to be in a state of emergency due to poverty, hard life, repression, and elections that have been delayed for over 3 years. The leaders are blaming each other for the failure.

Once again, the Americans are there as referee. IRONIC. The American ambassador called the Haitian leaders into meeting. Not surprising! If people are not able to lead themselves, they have to have somebody putting them in line. The Haitians should learn by now. The Americans have a propaganda. “If you cannot defeat the enemy, you have to join him.” Haitians must start to take a new orientation. After 210 years of fighting among themselves, they  must finally realize that it is leading nowhere for anybody. Nobody has really won. The nation remains the butt of jokes; Haitian are not respected; the Haitian people are not wanted anywhere; and the leaders are like lower “animals” that the foreign nations always have to come to put in line and to throw little crumbs in their baskets, kuiy la.

The 210^th anniversary would be sadly looked upon, just like the bicentennial in 2004. There is too much discord among the leaders and the population in general. The country is in the middle of major civil disobedience. It could be better. If Haitians leaders should learn to cultivate the big vision, to respect, collaborate, communicate, and work together to build a nation for a better Haitian society, the nation would move out of the bestial nature, and the 220th anniversary would be joyful.

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By E.C. GRANMOUN

E.C. Granmoun is the Author of: "Bully: A Novel"  ebook, on amazon.com