April 17th is the 200th anniversary of the independence of Haiti — but also of the indemnity agreement with France that was a condition of independence. Over the next 122 years, Haiti paid an estimated $21 billion to France. Haitians have been pushing for reparations and French President Emmanuel Macron now says he will set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France’s history with its former Caribbean colony. After reading her article in The Conversation, Marco Werman spoke with Marlene Daut, a professor of French and African diaspora studies at Yale University.

Listen to the segment here:  https://theworld.org/segments/2025/04/17/a-painful-anniversary-puts-renewed-focus-on-haitis-demands-for-reparations-from-france