Haitian slaves who spent their lives working in sugar cane fields are responsible for first successful slave revolt in the New World. Many credit this feat to the untamed petro lwa of Vodou. The political situation has remained unstable ever since the Haitian liberation and today this is one of the most impoverished nations in the world. Despite the hardships of daily life, Haitians have a rich cultural heritage and are known throughout the world for their painting techniques.

Literature

• After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti
• The Kingdom of this World
• Crying Mountain

History

• The Black Napoleon: Toussaint L'Ouverture Liberator of Haiti
• Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940
• Haiti, History, and the Gods
• An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President

Film

• Ghosts of Cite Soleil
• Lumumba
• The Agronomist

Music

• Angels In The Mirror: Vodou Music Of Haiti
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Haiti
• Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars

Art

• Where Art Is Joy: Haitian Art : The First Forty Years
• Haitian Art in the Diaspora
• Haitian Painting, Art and Kitsch