That's interesting.
Reminds me of a time when I was in college. I don't remember what the discussion was about but an Indian classmate was asked if she knew where Haiti was and she said yes, in Africa. The reaction by some of the Haitians in the class was priceless.
Much more recently I saw an interview in a Dominican channel of a French woman representing some NGO. One thing she said, when asked about what she thought about Haiti and the DR-Haiti issues, she said that one of the problems in Haiti is a segment of the political class that doesn't accept that they are not in Africa. I never quite understood what she meant by that, but I wouldn't be surprised if Haiti's joining the African Union was part of a project by that political segment that she was referring to.