The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw Growing up, I used to hear my Dad say often to some people: “Sa’m di ou fè a, sé pa li ou fè” (You did not do what I told you to do). What if Haitians did not have a language problem? What if the real problem was communication? Many people thought that the inability for the general population to speak French instead of Kreyol was an handicap to the development of the country. They started to push kreyol into classrooms and … Continue reading Kreyol or French: Communication in Haiti is more than a language issue.