As Haitians continues to struggle with rebuilding following the disastrous 2010 earthquake, historians are grappling with explaining the historical roots of Haiti’s current predicament.

Laurent Dubois, a professor of history at Duke University, has written several books on Haiti and on the French Caribbean in the early modern period through the Haitian Revolution. Dubois is now writing a new book entitled Haiti: The Aftershocks of History, dealing with Haiti’s contemporary history.

Laurent Dubois discusses his forthcoming book on NPR’s Weekend Edition.  For information on Haiti’s recovery to date see this NPR report.