Tisina Coriolan: the woman who paid for her own wedding and marked the Haitian imagination

« Mwen pa Tisina tande ! » This Creole phrase, still present in Haitian popular memory, testifies to the persistence of the name Tisina Coriolan. Originally from Léogâne, this woman became famous following her wedding in 1876, which she allegedly financed herself. But what do we really know about the one whose name has traversed generations?

In the Haitian collective imagination, certain names transcend generations to the point of becoming true cultural references. Often mentioned in popular conversations, they are so