Italian Haitian
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Port-au-Prince, Pétionville | |
| Languages | |
| French, Haitian Creole, Italian | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italian people, White Latin Americans, White Haitians |
An Italian Haitian is a Haitian of Italian descent or an Italian with Haitian citizenship.
History
The business sector of Haiti, was controlled in the mid-19th century by German and Italian immigrants.[1]
In 1908 there were 160 Italians resident in Haiti, according to the Italian consul De Matteis, of whom 128 lived in the capital Port-au-Prince [2]
Haitians of Italian descent and their mixed-race descendants today are actually numbered to be around 97,803.
During the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, the first Italian recorded dead was 70-year-old Gigliola Martino, who was born in Haiti to Italian parents who emigrated to the country in the early 20th century.[3]
Notable Italian Haitians
- Claudia Cedro, supermodel
- Stella Jean, fashion designer
- Daphnée Duplaix, American actress and model (partial Italian descent)
- Pierre Desir, American filmmaker, artist, and professor
- Reynaldo Martino, singer, composer and maestro for the popular compas band, T-Vice (partial Italian descent)
- Robert Martino, renowned guitarist of the classic Top Vice band
- Roberto Martino, lead singer and guitarist/composer for the popular compas band, T-Vice (partial Italian descent)
- Sabrina Barnett, supermodel (partial Italian descent)
- TECLA, American singer (partial Italian descent)
References
- ↑ "History of immigration to Haiti dates to the 19th century". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ↑ Emigrazione e Colonie; volume 3: "Italiani in Haiti" (1908)
- ↑ Gigliola Martino death
Links
- Hossary, Nagia (Archive article)
Bibliography
- Commissariato dellemigrazione. Emigrazione e colonie, Volume 3: Raccolta di rapporti dei RR. agenti diplomatici e consolari.Tipografia nazionale di G. Bertero & comp. Roma, 1908
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