Aimé Césaire, literary and poetic itinerary of the cantor of "negritude"
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Aimé Césaire in 2006, with Kora Véron, author of Les Ecrits de Césaire, a commented Biobibliography DR
By: Pascal Paradou
31 min
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Taubira Law recognizing slavery as a crime against humanity, portrait of Aimé Césaire (1913-2008).
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He is one of the main founders of the literary movement of negritude.
Author, playwright, essayist, he achieved a poetic revolution with the publication of
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal,
published in 1939, in which he denounced racism and colonialism in a long poem.
Member of Parliament and mayor, he simultaneously leads a political career and takes part in African independence.
What remains of Césaire today?
Guest:
Kora Veron
, head of
the Aimé Césaire group.
Author of
Aimé Césaire,
a biography published by Seuil.
And the column Ailleurs with
Isabelle Mette
from the
“Manioc” digital library
which lists literary and historical sources from the Caribbean and the West Indies in Schœlcher, Martinique.
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Behind the scenes of the Taubira law: how slavery was recognized as a crime against humanity
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