The Unwanted Subject: Haitian Belonging and Political Standing Across Borders

Lefranc Joseph is a professor of sociology at the Université d’État d’Haïti, a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, and director of CHARESSO. He works on Haitian migration and mobility, urban sociology, language politics and knowledge production. Email: ljoseph2@uottawa.ca

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