Fort-de-France

Martinique man found guilty of burning woman

chron.com     May 17, 2008   11 related          

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique — A jury in Martinique has found a man guilty of murder after he set his ex-girlfriend on fire in front of town hall three years ago. The public violent act occurred early in the evening and shocked residents and police in the normally quiet capital of Fort-de-France.                    

What's so special about Césaire?

jamaica-gleaner.com     May 5, 2008          

The Associated Press Paris: The esteemed Martinique poet and politician Aimé Césaire was a leading figure in the movement for black consciousness.Césaire died in Fort-de-France on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, on Thursday, April 17, 2008.                    

Obituary: Aimé Césaire

guardian.co.uk     Apr 21, 2008   2 related          

Obituary: Martinican politician, intellectual and poet who was a founding father of the négritude movement ... Aimé Césaire, the Martinican intellectual and politician who has died aged 94, left his mark in two separate, seemingly contradictory, fields. While Césaire the...                    

Sarkozy calls Cesaire 'great man'

wtop.com     Apr 20, 2008   9 related          

French president Nicolas Sarkozy, center, pays respects to French Poet Aime Cesaire during the ceremony of his National Funeral, on Sunday, April 20, 2008 in Fort-de-France in the French Caribbean island of Martinique. French President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed the late...                    

Martinique Promotion Bureau/CMT USA Mourns the Passing of Poet & Politician Aime Cesaire

euroinvestor.co.uk     Apr 18, 2008   7 related          

The Martinique Promotion Bureau/CMT USA is mourning the loss of the Isle of Flowers’ favorite son, Aimé CéRead more ... The Martinique Promotion Bureau/CMT USA is mourning the loss of the Isle of Flowers’ favorite son, Aimé Césaire, who passed away earlier today in the...                    

Martinique poet Aime Cesaire dies at age 94

ibtimes.com     Apr 17, 2008   23 related          

Aime Cesaire, a poet honored throughout the French-speaking world and a crusader for West Indian rights, has died at 94. Cesaire died Thursday after at a Fort-de-France hospital where he was being treated for heart problems and other ailments, said government spokeswoman Marie Michele Darsieres.