Category: Martinique News

A Little Martinique History Lesson – Aimé Césaire (1913-2008)

Martinican poet, playwright, and politician, one of the most influential authors from the French-speaking Caribbean. Aimé Césaire formulated with Léopold Senghor and Léon Gontian Damas the concept and movement of négritude, defined as “affirmation that one is black and proud of it”. Césaire’s thoughts about restoring the cultural identity of black Africans were first fully expressed in Cahier d’un […]

The History Of Slavery In Martinique

Main Players Victor Schoelcher (1804-1893) Born on July 22, 1804, in Paris, son of a porcelain maker Marc Scholcher. He dedicated his life to defend the freedom of the blacks and to the equality among all the citizens. Further to a business journey in Mexico in 1828, he discovers Cuba where slavery appears to him […]

Survivors Stories

There are some appealing stories about the survivors of the May 8th disaster… Some of them are completely made up, spreading in some litterature but have never been reported locally, and/or never been investigated thoroughly…( For instance, the story of the little girl Havrila D’afrile)… On the other hand, the accounts of the survivors as […]

Meet the New Girl: Cora Emmanuel Thought Modeling Was ‘Stupid’

Martinique has been a hotbed for modeling talent lately: First came Sigrid Agren, then Melodie Monrose, and now Cora Emmanuel. Twenty-year-old Emmanuel came off a successful spring 2012 season, modeling for Alexander Wang, Michael Kors, and Tommy Hilfiger in New York. But her biggest coup was being selected by casting director John Pfeiffer for the opening and closing looks in Bottega Veneta‘s spring […]

This Stone Prison Helped a Drunk Survive Doomsday

98 years ago, there was a terrible volcanic eruption on Martinique, an island in the Caribbean. What’s been dubbed as the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century, it killed all residents—except the sole drunk in this prison. Two other Martinique residents survived also, a girl who sailed a boat into the ocean and a […]

Manhunt on for St. Martin Armed Robbery Suspect

Authorities say a man wanted for an armed robbery in St. Martin is on the run, and they’re asking the U.S. Marshals for help bring him in. When Jackson County deputies arrived at the K & J Coin Laundry on Lemoyne Boulevard Monday morning, they found the owner with her hands bound. About that same […]