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Jean Jean Roosevelt
Jean-Jean Roosevelt performing in Vietnam
Here is a picture of Haitian artist Jean-Jean Roosevelt.
Jean-Jean Roosevelt, the winner of the 7th edition of the Games of La Francophonie, held in Opéra de Nice, France, has been invited by the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) to perform in a concert during the official ceremony of the Francophonie to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 20, 2015. A second concert for him would be jointly organized by the Embassy of Haiti in Vietnam and OIF, is scheduled for March 22 in Ho Chi Minh City at the venue of the National Conservatory of Music. Jean-Jean Roosevelt has proved that wholesome entertainments if combined with art, imagination, sensitivity, poetry, song and talent- they are simply Haitians. With this initiative, the Haitian Embassy in Vietnam wishes to promote artistic and cultural exchanges between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of Haiti.
Jean Jean Roosevelt Nabs Gold Medal at La Francophonie Games
Haiti has been bestowed with a very great honor. Its native son, Jean Jean Roosevelt, won the Gold Medal at the seventh Games of La Francophonie, outperforming 18 other competitors in the song competition
Josette Darguste, Minster of Culture, thanked the competition judges for choosing Haiti's representative for the special recognition.
President Martelly told the media Roosevelt's triumph in Nice, France, came about through his belief in his own talent.