Daniel Fignolé: The 19 Day President

Daniel Fignolé was one of the first influential leaders of Haiti. He was a labor organizer, popular among the workers of Port-au-Prince, that at a moment's notice he could get masses of people in to the streets, known as the "woulo konpresé", the streamroller.

In 1942, Mr. Fignolé founded a newspaper called Chantiers, that had a liberal, noiriste, slant, meaning it fought for the common man and for the black man.

In the Chantiers, Fignolé would blast Haiti's mulattoes for their selfishness as he argued for social programs to uplift the majority, black population that was poor.

Fignolé's influence had reach such a climax that the president then, Former President Elie Lescot, closed down the paper and fired Fignolé from a government position teaching. President Lescot also placed him under constant police surveillance.

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Maurice Alfrédo Sixto (May 12, 1919 – May 12, 1984

 Once upon a time, there was a man, a Haitian man, one of those men whom we would love to see live forever, but… nature has its own laws.

In all of the greatest and unforgettable men, that our Dear Haiti knew, we are more than thrill to put in evidence, to give merit homage to one of our most prideful black man Maurice A. Sixto!

Why Maurice Sixto? Well, there are times in this lifetime where a nation has to turn to what it has produce the most valuable and get a breath of hope to know that all is not lost. At this point in time where Haiti like an abandon mother seems to ask herself:” But where are my sons”? Now that our Isle is being compared to a sinking boat, without captain aboard it is soothing and comforting to remember a man such as Mr. Sixto.

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Jean-Jacques Audubon des Cayes

Jean-Jacques Audubon was born in Les Cayes, Saint Domingue on April 26 1785, the French colony, known today as Haïti.

He is being honored today by Google's Doodles, on their main page.

His father was a French sea captain and a plantation owner and his mother was his father’s French mistress.

Audubon spent a few years of his childhood in France and at the age of 18 he immigrated to the United States, to avoid being enlisted in Napolean's Army - which at the time was battling the Africans and mulattoes of Saint Domingue, today's Haitians.

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A Profile of Benz Antoine

 This tall, strikingly handsome leading man has already made 75 film & television appearances.

He is often hard to recognize because of his uncanny ability to drastically alter his look, speech patterns and mannerisms in chameleon like fashion.

Benz Antoine was born in 1976 in Montreal, Canada. He is the oldest of the 3 children raised by his Haitian mother, Rose Marie.

After graduating from high school, Benz enrolled at Concordia University intent on a career in Economics, which quickly turned into Philosophy, which came in handy during his days of rhyming on the m-i-c; which he did for the next 2 years.

With the taste of fame still in his mouth, this gifted rapper, often mistaken for LL, was unwittingly taken down the path that would ultimately become his.

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