Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2018 | Page 358
Françoise
Elizée
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About Haiti Rediscovered
“Haiti Rediscovered” first edition is subtitled
“The Quintessential Potomitan.” In Creole,
“Potomitan” literally means the “center post”
that provides structure to a tent, or the
matriarch of the family.
As a Haitian, I strongly believe in advocating for
Haitian women and bringing into the forefront
the amazing work they do in Haiti. In 2017,
Pipe Yanguas, the photographer and I traveled
to Haiti a few times to document their work
environment, their passions, and the fruit of
their labor.
Our book features 12 entrepreneurial women
whom we selected. We felt they had amazing
products that needed to be shared with the
world and also had a unique story to be told.
The women manufacture fashion accessories,
children’s clothing, home accessories, furniture
and food products in Haiti. I self-published the
book this past March 8th, 2018.
My mission with “Haiti Rediscovered” is to
bring awareness to Haitian-made products
I discovered along the way during my visits
to the island; and especially introduce them
to the international trade community and
thereby encouraging export.
About the motivation behind the
writing of this book
While having an afternoon of cocktails
amongst friends, I was congratulating Pipe
on his photography work which I was closely
following on social media; and I told him, he
should have a book with his name on it. At
You can find the book at these locations:
Françoise
Pipe
that moment, Pipe turned to me and said the
magical words “Why don’t we do a book on
Haiti?” My creative side was tempted, of course.
We met many times afterwards to research
topics that were yet to be explored about
Haiti; From that came the idea of exploring
manufacturing, Haitian-made products, export,
and women.
About Pipe’s involvement with the
production of the book
In Haiti
JUST CITO In the USA:
Books & Books at Suniland Shops
Complexe L’esplanade - N.2 Rue
Darguin, Pétion-Ville Miami, FL 33131
LA LORRAINE HOTEL
Lakou Lakay Boutique - 36 Rue
Clerveau, Pétion-Ville
ANGEL TOUCH CAFE
2nd Floor Of Pizza Garden, Pétion-
Ville
Online:
www.HaitiRediscovered.com
www.Amazon.com
Search “Haiti Rediscovered”
www.booksandbooks.com
PASCALE THEARD CREATIONS
BOUTIQUE
17 Rue Salomon (Route De Batimat)
Zone de L’aeroport
DUTY FREE AMERICAS HAITI
Aéroport International Toussaint
Louverture
Pipe Yanguas is the photographer of “Haiti
Rediscovered.” Our friendship goes back over
15 years. I have always been fascinated by
Pipe’s work. He focuses on documenting the
“passions” of people through his photography.
Pipe travels the world to photograph his clients
and documents their life over a period of years.
The topic of this book was perfectly aligned
with this style and Pipe did an amazing job at
bringing out these women’s passion, work and
the fruit of their labor.
About what she found most
challenging during the process
We wanted to feature more “Haitian Made”
products but unfortunately, we were limited.
A hardcover coffee table book of this quality
and refined presentation not counting the 260
pages is very expensive to make. However, I
am sure there will be future editions.
About the most memorable book
she’s read to date
Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman, by Pierre
Alex Jeanty. I gifted that book to many
friends…
©Pipe Yanguas Photography