Natif Natal

Recording artist BèlO has just released an album called Natif Natal (Native Born), and it is full of his typical smooth guitar licks, interspersed with elemental group percussion. A review by Le Nouvelliste describes it as "very World-Beat oriented, yet obviously tempered in the waters of Haitian traditional music." (my translation)
So obviously, I need to post the picture of that time I saw BèlO at Club Iguana...

- Port-au-Prince

Most Beautiful

I've enjoyed the recent spate of think pieces around Lupita Nyong'o's recent People magazine cover. Here is a particularly thought provoking one, that incorporates a discussion of the current post-racial pathology.

- Cap-Haïtien

...and we're back!

It has been a long month of editing, but I believe my proposal is finally off the ground. Which means a bit more opportunity to post here. Today, I offer an interesting read on voluntourism, from Al Jazeera America, along with one of my best "voluntourism" shots. The gentleman in the currently-much-maligned Clippers jersey is a longtime student, and we are enjoying a camp wide beach day.

- Cap-Haïtien

Showtime

- Jacmel

Just beginning

-Cap-Haïtien

What looks like recreation at a music camp

-Cap-Haïtien

Practice break

-Cap-Haïtien