Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… All of them, without exception, are with you in spirit as we celebrate a revolution that established the first black … Diaspora, view the Bicentenary of the Haitian Revolution as an inspiring occasion that communicates an important … underdevelopment, discrimination and marginalisation. As we know, as a French slave colony, this country …