Haitians in France
Encyclopedia
Haitians in France consist of migrants from Haiti
and their descendants living and working in France
.
The waves of Haitian migration to France pre-date the Haitian, French and American Revolutions. Africans in Haiti have a tumultuous relationship with France regardless of whether or not they have actually been to that country. The history existing between Haiti and France traditionally influences Haitians’ conceptions of self and creates an image of the Haitian as one who is valiant and resistant against the French. Such a notion, however, have in contemporary times been complicated by Haitians’ need to seek political asylum in France (especially in the 1950’s and 1960’s) and by the politics of assimilation promoted in France in regards to immigrants.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
and their descendants living and working in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The waves of Haitian migration to France pre-date the Haitian, French and American Revolutions. Africans in Haiti have a tumultuous relationship with France regardless of whether or not they have actually been to that country. The history existing between Haiti and France traditionally influences Haitians’ conceptions of self and creates an image of the Haitian as one who is valiant and resistant against the French. Such a notion, however, have in contemporary times been complicated by Haitians’ need to seek political asylum in France (especially in the 1950’s and 1960’s) and by the politics of assimilation promoted in France in regards to immigrants.