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Definitions for NEGRITUDE
ˈnɛg rɪˌtud, -ˌtyud, ˈni grɪ-negri·tude
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Princeton's WordNet
Negritudenoun
an ideological position that holds Black culture to be independent and valid on its own terms; an affirmation of the African cultural heritage
Wiktionary
negritudenoun
The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage.
Etymology: From négritude (coined by), from nègre + -tude.
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negritude
Négritude (from French "Nègre" and "-itude" to denote a condition that can be translated as "Blackness") is a framework of critique and literary theory, developed mainly by francophone intellectuals, writers, and politicians of the African diaspora during the 1930s, aimed at raising and cultivating "Black consciousness" across Africa and its diaspora. Négritude gathers writers such as sisters Paulette and Jeanne Nardal (known for having laid the theoretical basis of the movement), Martinican poet Aimé Césaire, Abdoulaye Sadji, Léopold Sédar Senghor (the first President of Senegal), and Léon Damas of French Guiana. Négritude intellectuals disavowed colonialism, racism and Eurocentrism. They promoted African culture within a framework of persistent Franco-African ties. The intellectuals employed Marxist political philosophy, in the Black radical tradition. The writers drew heavily on a surrealist literary style, and some say they were also influenced somewhat by the Surrealist stylistics, and in their work often explored the experience of diasporic being, asserting ones' self and identity, and ideas of home, home-going and belonging. Négritude inspired the birth of many movements across the Afro-Diasporic world, including Afro-Surrealism, Creolite in the Caribbean, and black is beautiful in the United States. Frantz Fanon often made reference to Négritude in his writing.
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negritude
Negritude is a cultural, political, and social movement that emerged in the 1930s and was initiated by French-speaking black intellectuals and writers from France's colonies in Africa and the Caribbean regions. It aimed to affirm and uplift the African cultural, linguistic, traditional and historical values against the backdrop of French colonialism, seeking to combat discriminatory attitudes and negative stereotypes about blackness, while upholding African self-identity and self-affirmation.
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Négritude
Négritude is a literary and ideological movement, developed by francophone black intellectuals, writers, and politicians in France in the 1930s. Its founders included the future Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, Martinican poet Aimé Césaire, and the Guianan Léon Damas. The Negritude literally means Negro-ness. The Négritude writers found solidarity in a common black identity as a rejection of perceived French colonial racism. They believed that the shared black heritage of members of the African diaspora was the best tool in fighting against French political and intellectual hegemony and domination. They formed a realistic literary style and formulated their Marxist ideas as part of this movement.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of NEGRITUDE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of NEGRITUDE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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