Our list of some of the best Haiti books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
- The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster (2014)
- Haitian Creole Phrasebook: Essential Expressions for Communicating in Haiti (2010)
- Haiti (Bradt Travel Guides) (2017)
- Haiti: The Tumultuous History – From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation (2010)
- Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1983)
- Haiti: A Coloring Book for Grown Ups (2016)
- Haiti My Country (2014)
- Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking (2008)
- Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (2013)
- Haiti Cherie, Haitian Creole Cuisine: Haitian Creole Cuisine (2015)
The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster (2014)
Published to glowing reviews, The Big Truck That Went By is a crucial look at a signal failure of international aid. Jonathan M. Katz was the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti on January 12, 2010, when the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the island nation.
Haitian Creole Phrasebook: Essential Expressions for Communicating in Haiti (2010)
If you are travelling to Haiti to help with the relief effort or to aid in its rebuilding, Haitian Creole Phrasebook is your must-have resource. In addition to featuring content specifically related to relief and rebuilding, this book also covers the basic topics such as introducing yourself, asking for directions, giving instructions, or asking for information.
Haiti (Bradt Travel Guides) (2017)
A new edition of the only standalone guidebook on Haiti available, fully updated and with expanded content reflecting Haiti’s recent growth in tourism, and packed with practical information covering everything from accommodation, eateries and travel routes to wildlife and ‘Vodou’.
Haiti: The Tumultuous History – From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation (2010)
Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions, examining how colonialism and slavery have left a legacy of racial tension, both within Haiti and internationally; Haitians remain deeply suspicious of white foriegners’ motives, many of whom doubt Hatians’ ability to govern themselves.
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1983)
Includes photographs and drawings. Foreword by Joseph Campbell This is the classic, intimate study, movingly written with the special insight of direct encounter, which was first published in 1953 by the fledgling Thames & Hudson firm in a series edited by Joseph Campbell. Maya Deren’s Divine Horsemen is recognized throughout the world as a primary source book on the culture and spirituality of Haitian Voudoun.
Haiti: A Coloring Book for Grown Ups (2016)
Coloring isn’t just for children. Explore Haiti through these intricate, hand drawn pen and ink drawings of typical scenes, landmarks, and favorite icons. Use your imagination to bring to life the market scenes with their vibrant fruits and vegetables, the sugarcane fields in their shades of green and brown, or the ocean with tropical fish, busy fishermen, and colorful dugout boats. Includes 32 original drawings. Printed on heavy white paper on one side only for easy coloring and removal.
Haiti My Country (2014)
Pretty flowers in my country are for me Like pink butterflies That smile at the sun – Judes-Roldes For several months, Quebec illustrator Rogé prepared a series of portraits of Haitian children. Students of Camp Perrin wrote the accompanying poems, which create, with flowing consistency, Haiti, my country. These teenaged poets use the Haitian landscape as their easel. The nature that envelops them is quite clearly their main subject.
Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking (2008)
TRAVESTY is an anthropologist’s personal story of working with foreign aid agencies and discovering that fraud, greed, corruption, apathy, and political agendas permeate the industry.
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (2013)
Even before the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption, blamed by many for its own wretchedness. But as acclaimed historian Laurent Dubois demonstrates, Haiti’s troubled present can only be understood by examining its complex past.
Haiti Cherie, Haitian Creole Cuisine: Haitian Creole Cuisine (2015)
Haiti Cherie Creole Cuisine is a cookbook about Haitian food and culture. It is a very colorful cookbook with more than 100 recipes and colorful photos of delicious and authentic Haitian traditional food.
Best Haiti Books: The Ultimate Collection
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some haiti books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
How I Survived A Chinese 'Re-education' Camp: A Uyghur Woman’s Story
Author(s): Gulbahar Haitiwaji, Rozenn Morgat
ID: 3219632, Publisher: Canbury, Year: 2022, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub
How I Survived a Chinese "Reeducation" Camp: A Uyghur Woman's Story
Author(s): Gulbahar Haitiwaji, Rozenn Morgat
ID: 3232263, Publisher: Seven Stories Press, Year: 2022, Size: 936 Kb, Format: mobi
Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution : Collective Action in the African Diaspora
Author(s): Crystal Nicole Eddins
ID: 3258311, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Year: 2022, Size: 7 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are absolutely record-breakers according to The Wall Street Journal, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.