In his Voice - "Welele Doubout"

We return to the south of the country again to hear from a young man, a child grown from the moutains outside of the town of Bainet. A searcher of truth, tradition and roots, sharing what he finds with all who have ears and hearts to hear. Although steeped from his upbringing in Catholism, along the way he felt those gentle arms of Ayiti taking him even deeper to find more of himself. We were and still are blessed to be on his path and to have his physical, cultural and spiritual presence in our home for many years. There is another town that we refer to called "Sodo" in the Artibonite department that hosts a yearly pilgrimage to it's gorgeous and divinely imbued waterfall for which it gets its name. He refers to the tour we took with the Foundation's historical mime/drama with a presentation for the Foundation's 5 anniversary "3 Innocents and a spirit" and the descriptive blog for background.. To see, hear and learn more about Welele - here's his part of a documentary about our band on our Youtube channel. His first published book of original poems in his native language Kreyòl "Libere La Pawòl" or "Free the Word". The voice over translation was done by my own brother, Robin Van Dusen as we continue our refugee status in Texas where my two brothers live. Another addition, 2 new features to our podcast, will be to share positive actions and words that happen spontaneously or recorded afterwards, called "Onè Respè Peyi a" or "Honor and Respect to the Nation" as well as short pieces of historical translation by Haitian anthropologist and National program manager for the Historical restoration and renovation of national monuments such as the great fortress, the 8th wonder of the world, the Citadelle along with the city of Cape Haitian, Eddy Lubin. If you are a Kreyòl speaker you can follow and like his videos that Eddy has so kindly given us permission to translate and are found at this link. We hope as you continue to follow our episodes that Creole greetings, "Bonjou" and "koman ou ye", will become second nature to your ears! Some links to our music: for the Intro and Outro portions from our band ⁠⁠⁠⁠2 Rasin or 2 Roots album⁠⁠⁠⁠, our award-winning music "Women, we're defending women" ⁠⁠⁠video⁠⁠⁠. The short audio clips of the conch shell blowing at the very beginning and for the call to action portion with N a Sonje Vèt's colleagues ⁠Rocky and Najee⁠ are ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chou Bwa Libète⁠⁠⁠⁠, a Haitian cultural band and then there's just some of Ron's sweet fingerpicking of the Haitian folksong, Ayiti Cheri. We are still novices at this audio editing but believe that you, the listener, will forgive the bleeps, bumps, hiccups especially from international calls and authentic "on the ground" street noises along the way, and the patching in of translation audios, all in the name of remembering and hearing the voices of the remarkable people of Haiti. Here's the English translation of the theme song, "N a Sonje" "We will remember, and not forget what happened Let’s take a look back Into the world gone by and we’ll see How our ancestors were in Africa before they carried us away to America Ref: Sing for Africa, Sing for America Honor for Africa, Honor for America Who lost so many in the years long ago it wasn’t the natives of this land that did that to them It was another nation who had as their mission to make others slaves, making so many cadavers Pillaging, killing - Indians and Africans in making them work for nothing This is how their countries became powerful by spilling so much blood. Ref: Sing for Africa, Sing for America Honor for Africa, Honor for America Who lost so many in the years long ago"