Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This celebration marks the 9th annual International Creole Celebration at Duke University. This initiative was started by Jacques Pierre two years after his arrival at Duke University (Haiti Lab). According to Pierre, this activity enables students who have been studying Kreyòl at Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Virginia, to share their linguistic journey in Kreyòl with others. Since 2012 fifteen students have already presented papers in Kreyòl, nine scholars around the world (Ayiti, Jamaica, Saint-Lucia, the United States, South Africa, Mauritius, Trinidad & Tobago) have been invited to Duke University to share their work on an aspect of Kreyòl with scholars, students at Duke University and the Haitian community in the triangle area. May the teaching of Kreyòl continue to grow at Duke University and other universities that embrace the language.


Thanks to:
Dr. Jo-Anne Ferreira (The University of the West Indies)
Laura Vargas (Duke University)
Meaghan Coogan (UNC at Chapel Hill)
Jake Salloum (The University of the West Indies)
Jacques Pierre (Duke University, Haiti Lab)


Edited by Suzie Choi and Jacques Pierre