1 Geste Pour Haïti formed after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, bringing together Haitian vocalist and guitarist Abner Joseph with French composer and producer Pierre-Raphaël Bourne. Their song 'Agissons Ensemble' became a call for collective action, sung in Creole and French.
They worked with other musicians like Rachid Taha, Jane Birkin, and Youssou N'Dour, and released albums including 'Agissons Ensemble' in 2010 and 'Haïti Debout' in 2012. The music was meant to raise awareness and funds for reconstruction efforts.
Some questioned their connection to the Haitian diaspora and their use of non-Haitian musicians, but they kept making music through the following years with albums like 'Ki Jan Ou Ye' in 2014 and 'Ensemble Nous Irons Plus Loin' in 2016.
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