Like the country as a whole, Haiti’s soccer team is forging ahead despite the devastating earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands and wiped out the country’s infrastructure.
It is often said that the Haitian people are the most resilient in the world, a necessary trait for a country beset by a staggering barrage of adversity.
But Wynn Walent likes to use other words to describe them.
“Incredibly resourceful and creative. Brilliant, courageous, innovative,’’ said Walent, an American who has been involved in Haiti’s rebuilding effort since the devastating 2010 earthquake.
“Tremendous sense of humor,’’ adds Nigerian-American author Deji Olukotun, whose work of fiction, “Splinters of Haiti,’’ is set in the country.