Lexington Books - The Negritude Movement - Critical Africana Studies

Explore the deep intellectual roots and global impact of the Negritude Movement with this comprehensive study from Lexington Books. This volume offers a detailed history that goes beyond simple poetics and aesthetics. It examines Negritude as an insurgent idea that shaped twentieth-century thought. The book traces the movement's full timeline, starting with its prehistory through the work of W.E.B. Du Bois, the New Negro Movement, and the Harlem Renaissance. It follows the evolution of these ideas across the Atlantic Ocean, treating Negritude as a traveling theory that connected different cultures and thinkers. Readers will gain insight into the contributions of major figures including Leon Damas, Aime Cesaire, Leopold Senghor, and Frantz Fanon. By examining the transition from early intellectual movements to the development of Fanonism, this text provides a complete view of how these ideas evolved and moved through the world.