*** Jerome
Dayard (Tibob de Nazareth) was born in Jacmel, a principal city in
the Southeast of Haiti where he completed his primary studies at the
Christian Boys Private School (L'école des Frères de l’Instruction
Chrétienne.) He pursued his secondary education in Port-au-Prince at
the Center of Secondary Studies (Centre d’Etudes Secondaires) and at
Saint Louis de Gonzague Institution. After his academic success -top
of his class year after year, he entered the United States for his
collegial and university studies at the University of Connecticut.
He
holds a BS degree Actuarial Science and the Mathematics, and a
Masters degree in International Finance (MBA). He is also licensed
as a Life and Health Insurances producer in Connecticut, and he is
in the process of completing his first Doctorate degree in
International Business Law since 1999. Moreover, he holds the very
prestigious international designation of Certified Employee Benefits
Specialist (CEBS).
In
spite of his young age, Tibob is one of the pioneers in the media
domain for the Haitian community of Connecticut (USA). Member of
several cultural and professional associations, he is the co-founder
of the Young Haitian Talents (JTH), a real cultural revolution, and
LAJENES REYI, a famous organization of the most robust groupings of
young Haitians in the Tri-area State of the United States (NY, CT,
NJ). This association organized in Connecticut in 1993, in
cooperation with the government of Haiti, the First International
Haitian Youth Convention. A success applauded by several
international authorities. The
name “Tibob de Nazareth” has strong imprints in the world of Haitian
music. He is a singer and a composer. He had performed as lead
singer for some top bands of Haiti, including D’Zine. He co-owned
Gold Platinum Diamond Entertainment, LLC (GPDE), a record label
producing and promoting artists in both the American and the
Caribbean markets.
Nonetheless, it is in the field of the writing that he is most
impressive. Poet of high caliber and renown philosopher, he is
perhaps Haiti’s most affluent and the most prolific writer of this
generation. His several books are real literary chefs-d’oeuvre with
topics ranging from adolescent love poetry to the most complex
geo-political, philosophical and mystical essays. He has already
written over 25 books of which only a few are published.
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