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6. Aime Cesaire coined the term Negritude and it's not a negative. At all.

Fri Sep 29, 2023, 09:33 PM

Sep 2023

It means the positive self-affirmation of blackness. Of what it means to be black in a world dominated by the colonizer - the white world.

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Michael Harriot's "Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History" (of black history) [View all] Solly Mack Sep 2023 OP

I enjoy Michael Harriot. brer cat Sep 2023 #1

You're welcome, brer cat Solly Mack Sep 2023 #2

DURec leftstreet Sep 2023 #3

Thanks. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #8

Aime Cesaire coined the term Negritude and it's not a negative. At all. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #6

I was just reading his Wikipedia article. Aristus Sep 2023 #11

A good read on the Negritude Movement. If want you, is... Solly Mack Sep 2023 #12

Thank you! JustAnotherGen Sep 2023 #5

You're welcome, JustAnotherGen. Enjoy! Solly Mack Sep 2023 #7