Five Essential Works
Explore the major literary works presented with accurate titles and archival context.
Writer • Physician • Thinker • Revolutionary
Jacques Stephen Alexis
Compère Général SoleilL'Espace d'un cillementLes Arbres musiciensRomancero aux étoilesL'Étoile Absinthe
A living digital space devoted to the work, memory and continuing cultural legacy of Jacques Stephen Alexis, and to the public mission of Fondation Jacques Stephen Alexis, USA Inc.
Hear His Voice
Jacques Stephen Alexis at the Sorbonne, 1956
A rare historical recording preserves Alexis's own voice at the First Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Paris.
Primary Audio Archive
A voice from the intellectual history of the Black world.
The Foundation preserves an audio copy of this historic speech. For public presentation, JakSoley.org also credits and embeds the WketDZ YouTube presentation, supporting the wider community of people and institutions preserving this history.
1956
Sorbonne • Paris • Historical Voice Recording
Works & Primary Sources
Literature, photographs, documents and sound.
JakSoley.org is being developed as a digital archive and cultural research gateway, combining published works with primary-source material from the Foundation and credited external collections.
The Sorbonne Recording
Jacques Stephen Alexis's voice from Paris in 1956.
Historical Photographs
Family and Foundation photographs preserved with provenance and context.
Primary Documents
Medical and historical records, including material connected to 1961.
The Living Legacy
Memory becomes action.
The Foundation connects literary preservation with public cultural work through publishing, visual art, music, archives and education.
Publishing & Literary Preservation
Recovering and returning important old and out-of-print works to readers and future generations.
Art in the Park
Public visual-art experiences connecting artists, families, young people and community.
Music in the Park
Live cultural programming centered on music, memory, transmission and community gathering.
Film, Interviews & Scholarship
Alexis through other eyes.
JakSoley.org credits filmmakers, institutions and channels already contributing to the preservation and interpretation of Jacques Stephen Alexis's legacy.
Haïti Inter
Jacques Stephen Alexis
External historical and cultural presentation, embedded with source credit.
WketDZ
Hear His Voice: Sorbonne, 1956
Historical voice recording presented through the credited WketDZ publication.
Arnold Antonin Haiti Films: Le cinéma de la liberté
Documentary Feature & Interviews
Documentary material with interviews, family appearances and a short visual-art segment featuring paintings by Jean-Jacques Stephen Alexis.
Support the Mission
Help preserve the work. Help continue the work.
Your support helps literary preservation, publishing, Art in the Park, Music in the Park, archival digitization and public cultural education.
Fondation Jacques Stephen Alexis, USA Inc. is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.