Haiti Projects
The Center for Black Studies Research has distinguished itself as the major Haitian studies center west of the Mississippi. The Center has published the Journal of Haitian Studies, the official publication of the Haitian Studies Association, since 1995. In 1997, thirteen scholars at UCSB for a colloquium on Haitian Vodou, "The Spirit and The Reality: Vodou and Haiti." At the end of the conference, these scholars decided to institutionalize their efforts through a new association under the name, the Congress of Santa Barbara—KOSANBA. The Center is a partner in the production of Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy, a forthcoming documentary by award-winning filmmaker Renée Bergan and Mark Schuller of Tèt Ansam productions.
KOSANBA (the Congress of Santa Barbara)
A scholarly association for the study of Haitian Vodou
