Career
She is also a professor of history at the State University of Haiti. Bayyinah Bello was born in Portuguese-au-Prince. After completing her primary education in Haiti, she went at the age of 12 to join her father in Liberia.
She subsequently studied in France and in the United States, returning to the African continent to study in Nigeria, where she earned a master"s degree in linguistics, among other qualifications.
Returning to Haiti, she taught at the university and also founded a bilingual school. She subsequently taught English and Arabic in Togo.
In 1999 she decided to start an organization dedicated to humanitarian, social and educational work to aid the people of Haiti. lieutenant was named Fondation Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Dessalines, usually shortened to Fondation Félicité (FF), in honour of the wife of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who was a slave first, learned to read and write, then began to teach, working for the liberation of the country, and ultimately lived to be 110 years.
In April 2014, Professor Bello was one of 10 honorees at the Gala des Femmes en Flammes that celebrated Haitian women "whose lives and professional work have paved the way for a better Haiti".
As a leading historian, she regularly lectures and participates in international conferences, speaking on Haitian topics, including a recent keynote speech in Brooklyn, New York, at the Stanley Eugene Clark Elementary School for a Women"s History Month celebration in March 2015.