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Bois Caïman from Chevelin Pierre

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This event begins 08/14/2025 and repeats every year forever

Bois Caïman (Aug. 1791) is remembered as a secret night gathering of enslaved people in northern Haiti where they vowed to fight for freedom. Led by figures like Cécile Fatiman (often written “Fatima”), it’s widely seen as the spark of the Haitian Revolution the only successful slave uprising, which led to Haiti’s independence in 1804. In this artwork, Fatiman stands with a ritual knife and a black pig, while rebels hold torches behind her symbols of the oath and the uprising that followed.
https://www.tiktok.com/@chevelin_illustration/video/7538579529476902174?cid=NzU0MDA4OTg1OTI4NjQwMTgyMg 

 

@chevelin_illustration Aujourd’hui, nous commémorons la cérémonie du Bois Caïman ; le premier congrès du peuple haïtien, acte fondateur de notre marche vers la liberté. Parmi les figures marquantes de cette nuit enflammée, Fatima se dresse dans la mémoire comme l’une des protagonistes, porteuse du feu sacré et du serment qui allait changer l’Histoire. Illustration réalisée par @chevelin_pierre pour l’exposition « Résistantes invisibles » de @bohioayiti. #BoisCaïman #HistoireHaïtienne #RésistantesInvisibles #ChevelinIllustration #BohioAyiti #Mémoire #capcut ♬ Trailer Intro - Stanislav Barantsov

 

 

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