Haiti Anthropology Brief: Origins of the Haitian Internal Rotating Market System
Haiti was born in the latter 18th and early 19th century when 500,000 slaves engaged in a 13-year struggle for freedom and independence that was arguably the deadliest conflict in world history. About half of both the civilian and combatant populations were killed. Many died violently, but a greater number fell ill and died fromRead More
Madam Sara vs. Komèsan: Subsidizing Self Destruction
Originally published in January 2012 on Open Salon Madan Sara The madam sara (or phonetically madan sara) is the itinerant female Haitian market woman. She is the principal accumulator, mover, and distributor of domestic produce in Haiti and as such represents the most critical component in what anthropologists have long called the internal Haitian marketing system, the one upon whichRead More
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