négritude (nĕg`rĭt
d', –tyd), a literary movement on the part of French-speaking African and Caribbean writers who lived in Paris during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Adherents of négritude included Leopold Sédar Senghor Senghor, Léopold Sédar (lāôpôld` sādär` säNgôr`)
..... Click the link for more information. , Léon Damas Damas, Léon (lāôN` dämä`) (Léon-Gentran Damas), 1912–78, French poet, b. French Guiana.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Aimé Césaire Césaire, Aimé (ĕmā` sāzĕr`), 1913–, West Indian poet and essayist who writes in French.
..... Click the link for more information. , who is said to have coined the term. Characteristic of négritude are a denunciation of Europe's devastation of Africa, a decrying of the coldness and stiffness of Western culture and its lack of the humane qualities found in African cultures, and an assertion of the glories and truths of African history, beliefs, and traditions.
d', –tyd), a literary movement on the part of French-speaking African and Caribbean writers who lived in Paris during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Adherents of négritude included Leopold Sédar Senghor Senghor, Léopold Sédar (lāôpôld` sādär` säNgôr`)..... Click the link for more information. , Léon Damas Damas, Léon (lāôN` dämä`) (Léon-Gentran Damas), 1912–78, French poet, b. French Guiana.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Aimé Césaire Césaire, Aimé (ĕmā` sāzĕr`), 1913–, West Indian poet and essayist who writes in French.
..... Click the link for more information. , who is said to have coined the term. Characteristic of négritude are a denunciation of Europe's devastation of Africa, a decrying of the coldness and stiffness of Western culture and its lack of the humane qualities found in African cultures, and an assertion of the glories and truths of African history, beliefs, and traditions.
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