La Canadienne Michaëlle Jean à la tête de la Francophonie

Here is the video of the Canadian Michaëlle Jean who will be heading la Francophonie starting January, 2015.

Jean was born in Port-au-Prince and was raised between Port-au-Prince and the city of Jacmel, her mother's hometown.

After her father was arrested and tortured in 1965 by the Duvalier regime, the family fled to Canada

Michaelle Jean received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Italian and Hispanic languages and literature from the University of Montreal, She has a Master degree in comparative literature.

She speaks six languages including French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Haitian Creole and Portuguese.

Tags: Jacmel, Diaspora, Newsletter, Micha, la Francophonie, People

Video Comments (1)

Fermilien says...

Really we can see how much hard it is when the political crisis open in the country pushing it s roots, it s brain, it s energy out.It s time to finish with this kind of ploitics called politic of exclusion.Now we will say we are proud no This pride does not belong to you beczuse 1965 we rejected it out. Remember Micha is in OIF there s nothing she can do for Us in Haiti.

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