The Haitian revolution was the first by a former slave colony and was to inspire other emancipation movements across the New World.
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Why the rest of the world needs to listen to Haitian voices and take a longer view of Haiti’s unique history.
For the revolutionary Frantz Fanon it was not enough to celebrate the achievements of decolonisation. It was necessary to educate, to strain at the limits of national freedom and to provoke debate.
