Africa: Father of 'Negritude' Restored Black Pride

                   
allafrica.com     Apr 28, 2008            

The death of Aime Cesaire, the Martinique poet recognised as the father of Negritude, evokes memories of a war against racism fought on the front of the written word. ... The notion of black as something beautiful and a source of pride was the greatest compliment that... [read full story]                

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Africa: Abject Intellectual Surrender

allafrica.com     Apr 29, 2008          

LAST WEEK, THE CURTAIN finally came down on one of the most remarkable intellectual movements of our time. ... Aime Cesaire, who died at 94, was the last of the prophets of Negritude, a tri-continental force dedicated to reasserting the black person's presence and...                

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