Les églises protestantes haïtiennes de Martinique : des tiers-lieux d’éducation et d’intégration ?

• Main Author: Max Belaise
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Université des Antilles 2010-08-01
• Series: Études Caribéennes
• Subjects: evangelical protestantism; Haitian diaspora; third-Place education; education towards a better health; moral education; education and citizenship
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/4600

Outside regular school and family structures, the youth are exposed to other environments that allow them to learn from adults. This is referred to as “tiers-lieu éducatif” or "third-place education". Churches in Haitian communities in Martinique emerge, in our opinion, from this experience. In fact, the Haitian Diaspora is concentrated in areas that contain small ecclesiastical strongholds, enterprises led by self-acclaimed pastors who originate from the exiled community, assuming responsibility for their progeny, and thus helping them to integrate in the society. This article highlights the function of Education in these areas highly populated by Haitians. Following the example of the native Evangelical Communities, we have formulated the explanatory hypothesis that we have verified: A function that does not fulfil, on the other hand, the few voodoo temples on the island, led by the sons of Toussaint Louverture.