Negritude Literature

Long surrealist poem about returning to Martinique, coining 'négritude' and celebrating Black identity.

Senghor's collected poetry of the Negritude period — lyrical celebrations of Black African beauty, cultural memory, and the mother continent. Senghor was also the first president of independent Senegal.

The complete poems of Aimé Césaire, including Notebook of a Return to the Native Land and the later lyrics. Césaire co-founded Negritude and served as mayor of Fort-de-France for 56 years.