We are so excited to introduce you to Fabiola Coupet, the moderator of the conversations we will be having throughout this series.
Fabiola Coupet is a Haitian Radio talk show host in Port au Prince. A fresh female voice, she’s taken over Haitian radio airwaves with her afternoon traffic jam show and highly contagious laugh. She is also a communications professional, a seasoned content & copy writer and editor. On the air and in her practice, she is passionate about giving Haitian stories a voice.
Fabiola shared her thoughts on being a part of the series-
“Although Haiti broke free from it’s status as a colony to become the first free black republic in the world, as a people, we’ve got a lot of work to do to untangle the knots of colonization so deeply engrained in our minds. Colonization and slavery may have ended in 1804, but Napoleon sure left some us some heavy baggage to lug around these past 200 years. It’s time to put these old bags down, to peer into them and start peeling away at the complex layers. I’m excited to be a part of these chats with Haiti Design Co community, I hope they will help our friends around the world better understand our story and struggles as a people as much as they will serve our community. It’s time to talk decolonization and we all need to hear it.”
We are honored to have Fabiola with us for these important conversations and can’t wait to dive in.
The Decolonization Series will be kicking off this Thursday, July 16th at 4 pm EST on IG Live in an interview with Christelle Dossous over the Decolonization of Beauty. See you then!