Bayyinah Bello

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Bayyinah Bello
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
NationalityHaitian
Occupation(s)Historian, writer, teacher and humanitarian worker
Known forFounder of Fondasyon Félicité (FF)

Bayyinah Bello (born 1948)[1] is a historian with expertise in Haitian and Pan-African history. She is also well known for being a teacher, writer and humanitarian worker, who in her earlier career spent 15 years living and travelling in West Africa, including four years in Nigeria, as well as in Benin, Togo,[1] and other countries in the region.[2]

Now based in

Empress consort of Haiti and wife of revolutionary leader of Haiti Jean-Jacques Dessalines.[2][3] In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the non-profit organization Friends of Fondation Félicité was set up to directly support FF, focusing on rebuilding the country.[4] She is also a professor of history at the State University of Haiti.[5]

Biography

Bayyinah Bello was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Arabic in Togo
.

In 1999 she decided to start an organization dedicated to humanitarian, social and educational work to aid the people of Haiti. It was named Fondation Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Dessalines, usually shortened to Fondation Félicité (FF), in honour of the wife of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who was a slave first, learned to read and write, then began to teach, working for the liberation of the country, and ultimately lived to be 100 years.[3] Soon after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Friends of Fondation Félicité was set up, an associated not-for-profit organization that is helping Haitian people to rebuild their own country, and raises funds for grassroots projects on the island.[4]

In April 2014, Professor Bello was one of 10 honorees at the Gala des Femmes en Flammes that celebrated Haitian women "whose lives and professional work have paved the way for a better Haiti".

Brooklyn, New York, at the Stanley Eugene Clark Elementary School for a Women's History Month celebration in March 2015.[5]

She is the author of Jean-Jacques Dessalines: 21 PWENKONNEN SOU LAVI LI, published in 2020.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Bayyinah Bello (Biography)", Les Productions Yole Dérose.
  2. ^ a b Sokari, "Interview with Haitian Historian Bayyinah Bello", BlackLooks, 29 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Interviews: Earthquake Survivors Tell Their Story" Archived 29 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Friends of Fondation Felicite, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Birmingham charity continues to help Haiti one year on", BBC Birmingham, 12 January 2011.
  5. ^
    Amsterdam News
    , 2 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Earthquake in Haiti - Bayyinah Bello Interview - Part 1 - Tremblement de Terre" (interview by Nana Kimati Dinizulu, 2 February 2010). YouTube.
  7. ^ About Akil Bello, Bellowings.
  8. ^ "Gala des Femmes en Flammes (1st Edition) at Karibe, April 12, 2014..." Archived 29 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Reve d'Or Tours.
  9. ^ "Bayyinah Bello's Women's History Month keynote gets rave reviews" Archived 29 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Haiti Sentinel, 2 April 2015.
  10. ^ Ancestral Connections Archived 1 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 23 January 2010.
  11. ^ "Jean-Jacques Dessalines by Prof. Bayyinah Bello". YouTube.
  12. ^ "Jean-Jacques Dessalines: 21 PWENKONNEN SOU LAVI LI", at Amazon.

External links

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