Also known as: Haitian Diaspora, diaspora haitienne, Haitians in New York
Last updated: April 23, 2026
The Haitian diaspora grew in distinct waves: occupation-era migration (1915-1934), Duvalier-era political exile (1957-1986), and post-1986 economic labor migration. Haitian communities in New York, Miami, Montreal, and Paris maintained transnational ties to Haiti while negotiating racism, exclusion, and institutional barriers in their host countries. Diaspora identity was not simply carried from Haiti intact but produced through encounter with US and European racial systems, giving rise to what scholars describe as a "dependent ethnicity" shaped by triple minority status.
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diaspora — Danticat is the diaspora's foremost literary voice; her entire oeuvre maps the diaspora experience
Her performance work circulated Haitian dance and ritual culture through the Black Atlantic diaspora circuit.
The coup produced a refugee crisis that intensified the Haitian diaspora
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