1. Aimé Césaire and the Making of Black Paris.
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Stovall, Tyler
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BLACK people , *BLACK history , *POETRY (Literary form) , *LITERARY criticism , *POETS , *POLITICAL participation , *INTELLECTUAL life , *TWENTIETH century ,HISTORY of Paris, France, 1870-1940 - Abstract
The article discusses the role of poet Aimé Césaire in the black community of Paris, France and his influence on that community even after he left Paris in 1939 to return to his native Martinique. Césaire is considered one of the founders of the négritude movement among blacks in Paris in the 1920s, a racial identity movement for a community which included black immigrants from the French West Indies, the U.S., and France's colonies in Africa. Césaire's subsequent career as a legislator for Martinique in France's National Assembly is said to reflect the emergence of Paris as a center for black culture from all parts of the world.
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- 2009
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