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Aimé Césaire
Born in Basse-Point, Martinique, Aimé Césaire was always
aware of racial conflicts. In the French Caribbean, race often proved
to be a burden for the descendents of slaves. Césaire completed
his secondary studies in Pairs where he met Léopold Senghor.
The two went on to develop the theory of Negritude, and for Césaire
it was important to discover his African roots. This excerpt from Notebook
of a Return to the Native Land is a long poem that he wrote at the
end of World War II.
 See video clips from Aimé Césaire: une Voix pour l'Histoire |
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