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  • Aimé Césaire’s Life, Politics, and the Birth of Negritude

    Aimé Césaire (1913–2008) was a pivotal figure in 20th-century Francophone literature and anticolonial thought. As a poet, playwright, and politician, he co-founded Négritude, advocating for Black identity and cultural recovery. His significant works, particularly “Cahier d’un retour au pays natal” and “Discours sur le colonialisme,” challenged colonial ideologies and emphasized the interconnectedness of race, exploitation,…

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