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The legitimacy of Haitian Creole has long been debated within the Creole-speaking population of the losing side. Considered little more than the bastard child of French and African languages, Creole came about when slaves, unable to communicate in one African Language, adopted and adapted the common French of their masters, retaining much of the grammar from their African tongues. Profession of linguistics at MIT Michel DeGraff asserts that, while the language is made up of approximately 90% French, its beginnings are the same as that of old languages like English and French.

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Alexandre Dumas is also known as Alexandre Dumas, père. His father was born in the island Of Saint-Domingue, known today as Haiti. The father is a mix from a French nobleman and a black slave woman from Saint-Domingue.
After the election of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in 1851 in France, Alexandre Dumas left France for Belgium, where he stayed for several years.
He then moved to Russia and then to Italy. he finally returned to Paris in 1864.
His most popular work was novels of high adventure.
This work was translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is the most widely read French authors in history. Other work from Alexandre Dumas include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne

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Here is a picture of the French and haiti Flag as the French Embassy in Haiti is promoting research with Prix Jean-Christophe Fernandes

Prizes to be awarded to Haitian researchers in the areas of environment and will consist of 75 000 gourds for Award doctoral thesis or scientific publication and 32 000 gourds for Award master or end of engineering studies

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Here is a picture of the French singer and actriss Marie Laforest.

In 1963, Marie Laforest started her career that later proved to be a very successful recording career

She has a passion for American folk and rock music, recording several songs in those genres.

She remains one of the best singers in French music

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The French president Nicolas Sarkozy made a historic visit in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. He was the first French president to visit Haiti since the country 's independence in 1804. During the visit, he also announced additional aid of more than 100,000 to Haiti.

France has a long history with Haiti. The Haitian revolution was a period of conflict where the slaves of Saint-Domingue revolted against the French colonization. On January 1, 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti a free nation, the first indecent nation in Latin America and the first post-colonial independent black led nation in the world

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This is a picture of the famous French star Gerard Lenorman. A very successful artist, he was chosen to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988. The song that he performed at the time was Chanteur de Charme . Gerard Lenorman released several hit songs. He is considered to be one of the best French singers.

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This is a picture of one of the most respected French personalities. One of the most dominent French singers. Gerard Lenorman has contributed to the exportation of the French culture all over the world. in the year 2007 Gerard Lenorman produced a biographical song about his father. named Je suis n vingtans . If you recall the story about his father, the song that translates in English I was born at the age of 20 was a very moving song. Lenorman has recorded other songs such as F te de la Chanson Fran aise, La Magied'une poque, I Love Maman

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Here is a picture of the French pop singer G rard Lenorman. This French musician and artist has a musical career that spans many decades. He began his musical career in the late 1960s and continued to move to the next century. Gerard Lenorman introduced his first musical album in 1969. His topic of choice include good days, holiday flowers, splashes of memory far poses destroy and black stars.

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You are looking at a picture of the successful song writer and singer Gerard Lenorman. He began his successful musical career in 1977. Gerard Lenorman released such huge album like Nostalgies 1978 , Boulevard de l'Oc an 1979 , Olympia 79 1979 , La Clairi re de l'Enfance 1980 , D'Amour 1981 , Paris sur Sc ne -- Palais des Congr's 1982 , and Le Soleil des Tropiques 1983 .

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This is a Haiti National Palace. The 19th-century French-style villa on Avenue Christophe is where the old Palace was located

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