Opinion piece criticizes Haitian Creole Academy

Medical highlights that Berrouët-Oriol transforms the criticism of the AKA into a broader reflection on the mental health of Haitian society. The title, with its accumulation of adjectives, suggests a negative process of evolution of the Creole language: fossilized → sacralized → museumified → totemized → petrified → folklorized.

The author accuses the AKA of being ineffective and incapable of producing enough. He raises crucial questions about what happens when a society turns its language into an untouchable sacred object, thus touching on the relationship between language, identity, sacralization, and power.

Medicalizing metaphorically the institution of the AKA as a non-functional organic disease, Berrouët-Oriol extends his criticism to the Haitian intellectual field. He emphasizes that the real crisis lies in the persistent and complacent silence of intellectuals regarding these issues.

The concept of "ensilencing" is presented as an interesting creation, demonstrating how silence is not merely an absence but an intentional social construction. Berrouët-Oriol uses this approach to criticize the rigidity of language and ritual forms in Haitian intellectual expression.