In Too Young to Be Silent, Mardochée Trofort sounds the alarm to Haitian youth.
In Too Young to Be Silent, Mardochée Trofort issues a wake-up call to Haitian youth. Between indignation, lucidity, and a call to action, this first book urges young people to break the silence in the face of the country’s crisis and to become conscious participants in national reconstruction.
Published in 2026 as a self-published work, Mardochée Trofort’s “Too Young to Be Silent” will be available at the 32nd edition of Livres en folie, at the El Rancho Convention Center in Pétion-Ville.”Too Young to Be Silent” (The Price of Our Silence in Today’s Haiti) is an evocative title. On the front cover, this small 90-page book is illustrated with a demonstrative image: a young man whose face is not revealed, fist raised, in the middle of a slum populated with shacks and other makeshift houses. More than just an illustration, this image is meant to be a mirror through which everyone can see their true face. It also aims to invite the youth to wake up and stand up. Speak. Shout.
