Spot the difference: Haitians believe God kills, not germs. For Americans, it’s God not guns
by Rashmee
Posted on October 4, 2017
Before I went to Haiti, my Kreyol instructor gave our class a valuable lesson in …
Read MoreCreole diplomacy: ‘We glad yu cum visit. Nuff respect and walk good’
by Rashmee
Posted on March 20, 2015
“Korea and Jamaica a frien from long long time,” says the South Korean charge to …
Read More5 years after quake, Haiti has some hotels but too few hospitals and schools
by Rashmee
Posted on January 18, 2015
Whatever happened to all that aid for Haiti, Emily Troutman asked on the fifth …
Read MorePiers Morgan, the N-word & Haitian Creole’s cheerful use of ‘bon neg’
by Rashmee
Posted on November 15, 2014
The rather intemperate debate over Piers Morgan’s insistence that the onus of ending use of …
Read More90 degrees of shade: Haiti stars in new Caribbean photo history book
by Rashmee
Posted on November 10, 2014
It stands to reason that Haiti features prominently in the luscious new photography book ‘…
Read MoreHow did the Caribbean begin to be seen as an earthly paradise?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 13, 2014
Speaking of tourism with a purpose (Porto’s ‘worst tours’) reminded me of Carrie …
Read MoreWhat’s next for Haitian tourism? An expensive London promotion office?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 4, 2014
Now that Haiti has its first foreign office of tourism promotion – it’s in Santo …
Read MorePort au Prince has resilient qualities, but it can’t really be a ‘resilient city’
by Rashmee
Posted on February 2, 2014
Can Port au Prince ever be a resilient city? I would argue that it already …
Read MoreHere’s how and why Port au Prince, Haiti, uses its head – of broccoli
by Rashmee
Posted on January 28, 2014
It was this recipe that reminded me I might have to wait awhile to roast …
Read MoreKreyol notices in Broward County advertise Florida’s big Little Haiti
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2013
It was only when I saw the kreyol notices in the bus that I remembered …
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK