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Behind our products is a bold and beautiful mission:
To promote Haitian and Afro-Caribbean heritage and diversify contemporary representations of Haiti through dance, music, art, and history education. We envision a world where Haitian and Afro-Caribbean cultural heritage is a fundamental part of youth education and success to enrich communities of different backgrounds.
Ti Sonson ak Pouvwa Tanbou
Ti Sonson and The Powers of The Drum
Book + CD by Djenane Saint Juste
This book is dedicated to all those, everywhere, who have sought the secret and the power of the drum...Written in English, Haitian Creole, and French is a story that helps you to open your heart, to open your ears and to let the vibrations of our ancestors speak to you while discovering a bit off the mountains of Fort Jacques in Haiti.
DVD & BOOKLETS
Dance & Sing With Afoutayi
Four Video Tutorials and Demonstrations on Haitian/Ayisyen Folkloric Dance, drumming and songs like Rabòday, Ibo, Konbit, and Yanvalou with an Haitian Creole & English subtitle. Afoutayi’s work explores the forces that have brought together the members of the company and their stories, dances, singing, and drumming styles, including, but not limited to connection with ancestral knowledge, revolution and emancipation, self-liberation, immigration, harmony with nature, and love...
The Mermaid & The Whale
Lasirèn ak Labalè
Book + CD by Djenane Saint Juste
If you could be a sea creature, which one would you like to be? And why? This book written in English, Haitian Creole, French and Spanish is a story about love, integration, resilience and true happiness that will help you found out your truest self while discovering a bit off the island of La Gonâve in Haiti.
KAY ZAKA
Creative clothing, apparel, and accessories
KAY ZAKA produces creative clothing, apparel, accessories, and items that reflect the beauty of Haitian cultural heritage. Created by Florencia Pierre "Fofo", Kay Zaka Sponsor "Kay Fofo" Non Profit Organization based in Haiti in order to bring sustainable social economic development to the residents of Lagonav and Tomasen 48 in Haiti. Proceeds from your KAY ZAKA & AFOUTAYI purchase will help create an art center, library, school, mobile clinics, as well as support small business owners to communities in Lagonav, Haiti.
T.SHIRTS & ONESIES
Support Afoutayi, get your T.shirts & Onesies!
Your support powers Afoutayi's mission to unite our community through the universal languages of dance, drumming, arts, and storytelling. And guess what, each time you are wearing the Afoutayi's T.shirt your are getting cuter and cuter!
