Negritude — Senghor, Césaire, Damas

Années 1930–1940 · Dakar / Paris

In the 1930s, in Paris, three African students launched a literary and philosophical movement they called Négritude. Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal, Aimé Césaire of Martinique and Léon-Gontran Damas of Guyana wrote to affirm the beauty and worth of African cultures. This current deeply influenced the African independence movements of the 1950s and 1960s.

Sources

• Persée — Jean-François Sirinelli, « Deux étudiants coloniaux à Paris à l'aube des années trente » (Vingtième Siècle, 1988)
• The Conversation — Paulette Nardal, pionnière méconnue de la négritude

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