1804 Renaissance
A talk show and media platform celebrating Haiti’s history, culture, and future while exploring liberation, identity, and global power.
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Author of Alike Regardless: This Is Where It Began and host of Who Taught You That? — A 1804 Renaissance Podcast. He also co-hosts 1804 Renaissance alongside Fritnel Octave and Guilaine Brutus. Both podcasts are produced by 1804 Renaissance Media Inc. His work explores history, identity, faith, and decolonization while inviting readers and listeners to question inherited divisions, reclaim their agency, and seek a more unified humanity.
About Yvener
Yvener Duroseau is a Haitian-born author and cultural commentator whose work invites audiences to examine the forces that shape identity, belief, and belonging. He hosts Who Taught You That? — A 1804 Renaissance Podcast and co-hosts 1804 Renaissance with Fritnel Octave and Guilaine Brutus. Both podcasts are produced by 1804 Renaissance Media Inc.
His first book, Alike Regardless: This Is Where It Began, established his commitment to challenging division and encouraging readers to pursue healing, self-reflection, and human connection.
My Book · 2021
★★★★★
An inspiring self-help book that encourages readers to look beyond their differences and find common ground through loss and self-reflection.
“Alike Regardless is spectacular! I urge everyone to go back to this book by compassionate human beings… You have to read it, regardless of the color of your skin.”
— Rene Godefroy, motivational speaker and humanitarian
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Breaking the Invisible Chains of Thought
The Colonization of the Mind: Breaking the Invisible Chains of Thought examines how colonial systems continue to shape our beliefs about faith, language, history, identity, culture, education, and human worth. Rooted in Haitian history and personal reflection, the book invites readers to question inherited narratives, reclaim their authority to define themselves, and pursue genuine mental and collective liberation.
Begin The Colonization of the Mind: Breaking the Invisible Chains of Thought with two opening chapters about inherited beliefs, faith, fear, and the invisible forces that shape how we see ourselves and the world.
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Begin The Colonization of the Mind: Breaking the Invisible Chains of Thought with two opening chapters about inherited beliefs, faith, fear, and the invisible forces that shape how we see ourselves and the world.
The Chains We Cannot See
Faith and Fear
Explore history, identity, faith, language, culture, and mental liberation through two podcast spaces hosted by Yvener Duroseau.
A talk show and media platform celebrating Haiti’s history, culture, and future while exploring liberation, identity, and global power.
Watch on YouTubeThought-provoking conversations about identity, faith, language, history, culture, and the beliefs that shape how we see ourselves.
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Common Questions
Not at all. My departure from Christianity was not a rejection of ethics, compassion, or meaning. I believe morality and love do not require religious belief. Human dignity, empathy, and responsibility can exist independently of organized religion.
Colonial powers used religion as a tool of control and cultural erasure. Understanding this history is central to the decolonization of the mind that I write and speak about.
No. My work is not about attacking individuals or their faith. It is about examining systems of power and history honestly. Many people find comfort in religion, and I respect that. My focus is on choice, awareness, and intellectual freedom.
Haiti is the first Black republic and a symbol of resistance against colonial domination. Yet it continues to suffer from political, economic, and cultural consequences of colonialism. My work honors Haiti’s revolutionary legacy while using its history as a lens to examine global systems of power and control.
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