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"Voodoo, from Haiti to Montreal"
20 September 20, 2008, Centre Saint-Pierre

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> Jean Fils-Aimé
> Nirva Chérasard
> Monique Dauphin
> Michel Soukar
> Arnold Antonin
> Daniel Supplice
> Myrtelle Chéry
> Sara Rénélik

 
Jean Fils-Aimé
Jean Fils-Aimé has a Ph.D. in theology from the Université de Montréal. He specializes in issues pertaining to faith and culture in modern and post-modern society. He also has a Master’s degree (M.A.) in medieval history from McGill University. Jean did his thesis on the Protestant Reform and the Catholic Counter-Reform of the XVIth century. He is a professor, author, conference speaker, voodoo-ologist, radio host and pastor.

 
Nirva Chérasard
Having trained as a lawyer and an educator, Nirva Chérasard (from her priestess name Soleil levant bon Manbo) is an assogwe initiate (a level of the voodoo hierarchy). She manages a Houmfort called Temple des Mystères Vodou (temple of voodoo mysteries) where she practices her rituals and offers support services because all voodooists are first and foremost “Servants.” She is an activist who defends the voodoo faith not only because of her convictions but also because she rejects any form of discrimination. Her activism takes the form of participating in documentaries, conferences, etc. She considers voodoo to be a way of life.

 
Monique Dauphin
Monique is a social worker who studied the psychosociology of communication. She believes in and practices Voodoo and is a feminist activist. She is the head of her own voodoo family temple where she practices her mystical and social activities based on the Divine Love that governs her life. She considers herself to be a Spiritual Activist (conferences, documentaries, debates, teaching, coaching, etc). Over the past five years, her contact with the First Nations people of Quebec¾where she is discovering similarities with Haitian Voodoo¾has lead her to work towards becoming a Teacher of Humanity.

 
Michel Soukar
A Historian and a Professor of Literature and Social Sciences, Michel Soukar won the WORK AND JUSTICE Prize in September 2000 awarded to him by NOBEL PEACE PRIZE winner, Betty Williams. He has produced and directed more than 600 radio broadcasts on Haitian history and on international economics and politics on Radio Signal FM. He has also written many books on the history, society, dictatorship and politics of Haiti, including 5 tomes of the book “Entretiens avec l’histoire.”

 
Arnold Antonin
Arnold Antonin is a filmmaker and President of the Association des cinéastes haïtiens (Association of Haitian Movie Directors). In 2002, he was honoured for his work and for his documentary “Women of Courage” at the Cannes Festival (Festival de Cannes), where he was presented with the Djibril Diop Mambéty Award. An activist for democratic socialism, Antonin spent several years in exile and returned to Haiti in 1986, entering into the political arena on the platform of modernizing organizations and practices. He founded the Centre Pétion Bolivar community centre, a centre that promotes culture and political debates. He teaches at the École Nationale des Arts (National School of Arts) and at the Faculté des Sciences Humaines (Faculty of Human Sciences).

 
Daniel Supplice : Haïti
Daniel Supplice is an Ethnologist and a Professor of Sociology and the History of Civilizations. Former Minister of Social Affairs in Haiti (1985-1986), he has published several books and has held many overseas positions, including Consul General in Tokyo, Japan (1973-1974), First Secretary of the Haitian Embassy in Rome, Italy (1974-1976), First Secretary of the Haitian Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico (1976-1977), Assistant Director General of Immigration and Emigration (1977-1979), Director General of Immigration and Emigration (1979) and Undersecretary of State for Homeland and National Defence (1979-1981).

 
Myrtelle Chéry
Myrtelle Chéry has a university degree in Art History, Urban Planning and Project Management. Her artistic works are first and foremost figurative. Initiated into the pictorial arts at the Centre d'Art Haïtien de Port-au-Prince (Port-au-Prince Centre for Haitian Art) in the early 1980s, she continued her artwork throughout her many years of professional studies in Montreal and has participated in many group and solo exhibitions in Canada and around the world. In 2003, Myrtelle opened Galerie MosaikArt in Montreal, an art gallery based on a cooperative concept that aims to promote the works of artists, painters and sculptors on an international level.

 
Sara Rénélik
Sara Rénélik sings and dances to the mesmerizing rhythms of the Caribbean. A writer-composer, singer and choreographer, she sings equally well in English, French and Creole. Her passion for music and her homeland come through in her warm voice, and her Haitian origins burst through her every movement. She blends rhythm and blues with Haitian folk music, and soul music with rara-rock, all the while tinting all her songs with her own distinct Caribbean influence. Chock-full of emotion, her choreographies evoke an inviting and warm imaginary world.
 

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