This year CCCADI in East Harlem honors Haiti as the first Black independent nation.
NEW YORK â The Caribbean Culture Center African Diaspora Institute will welcome the public to the Harlem Book Fair this weekend, welcoming visitors into a space that is currently spotlighting the Haiti an experience.Forty-eight years ago, CCCADI executive director Melody Capote's aunt had a vision to connect communities of color.'We're not a museum on purpose,' Capote said. 'It's really about being a space that centers artists of African descent ...
From voudou depictions to political declarations, local Haitian creatives collaborated to explore the themes of religion, rebellion and family through the lens of different living spaces. Blaizin's own song sings forth from a shell, as she calls the collection a decolonization of her mind.'Tying into my Haitian ancestry, I uncovered and unveiled such great strength,' Blaizin said, 'but also it's a spirit and a way of life that is going to carry me through.
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