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FIFA’s Haiti jersey ban echoes the long campaign to discredit and downplay the Haitian Revolution

The move is part of a longer history of obscuring and demonizing the Haitian Revolution and its leader, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

15.06.2026 10

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Julia Gaffield

Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Reassessing the Haitian revolutionary leader’s legacy

Historian Julia Gaffield discusses her recent biography on Haiti’s first leader, whose life she argues was unfairly tarnished by biased verdicts of...

15.10.2025 7

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