Haiti gangs loot national library, putting historic documents at risk

This article was first published by HyperAllergic.

Armed groups ransacked the National Library of Haiti on, April 3, endangering its priceless archival collections pertinent to the Caribbean nation’s history and cultural heritage. 

The raid on the library, located in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, follows two attacks on universities last week, raising concerns about increasing cultural destruction compounded by intensifying violence over the country’s unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry. 

Established in 1939, the National Library holds a collection of rare books, manuscripts, and newspaper archives significant to the country’s history.

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