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Harlem Renaissance
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Negrismo in Cuba
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Journal: La Revue Indigène, by Jacques Roumain
- Attempt to rediscover a black African authenticity in the Antilles
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Book of poetry: Pigments, by Damas
Referred to as the manifesto of Négritude
General theme: we need to cure the ills of Western society. -
The trois pères meet in Paris
Begins to discuss and dream about Négritude -
Journal: La Revue du monde noir (The Journal of the Black World), by Paulette Nardal and Dr. Sajoux
Led to club where black writers could meet and discuss current issues -
Journal: L'Étudiant noir (The Black Student), by the three fathers
Frst and most important political and cultural journal of Négritude
Recognize, approach, and unify black people in Africa, France, and the Antilles -
Birth of Negritude
Seek out originality
Haiti isn't interested yet -
Journal: Les Griots, by François Duvalier
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Poem: Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (Notebook of a Return to My Native Land), by Césaire
Negritude appears for the first time -
Peau noire, masques blancs (Black Skin, White Masks), by Frantz Fanon
Human consequences of racism and colonialism
Black man drowing in white man's identity and having identity crisis -
Discourse of Colonialism by Cesaire
Colonialism is part of racism -
Decolonisation of Africa begins
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Criticism of Négritude begins
Cesaire shifts to theater -
Play: La Tragédie du Roi Christophe, by Aimé Césaire
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Une Tempête (original adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest), by Césaire
