IV. The Black Diaspora in the Americas

After a first period-in the seventies and early eighties-during which her characters retrace the steps of their ancestors back to Africa, Condé turns to writing about the Black Diaspora in the Americas and forgets about Africa, Césaire and the Négritude. Her characters give life to the multiple facets of the Black Diaspora present on both North and South, insular and continental America . Acknowledging the existence of the Black Diaspora is a first step towards understanding the existence of a Creole identity as it gives a sense of unity to Blacks scattered throughout the Americas . Without such a sense of unity, a community has no identity.

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