negritude

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or Ne·gri·tude ('grĭ-tūd', -tyūd', nĕg'rĭ-) pronunciation
n.
An aesthetic and ideological concept affirming the independent nature, quality, and validity of Black culture.

[French négritude, from nègre, Black person, from Spanish negro. See Negro.]



Literary movement of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. It began among French-speaking African and Caribbean writers living in Paris as a protest against French colonial rule and the policy of assimilation. Its leading figuresLopold Senghor of Senegal, Aim Csaire of Martinique, and Lon Damas (191278) of French Guianabegan to examine Western values critically and to reassess African culture. The group believed that the value and dignity of African traditions and peoples must be asserted, that Africans must look to their own heritage for values and traditions, and that writers should use African subject matter and poetic traditions. The movement faded in the early 1960s after its objectives had been achieved in most African countries.

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Negritude

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - (være) sort/afrikaner

Français (French)
n. - négritude

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwarzheit, Bekenntnis zur schwarzen Kultur

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το να είσαι νέγρος

Italiano (Italian)
negritudine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - negritude (f)

Русский (Russian)
принадлежность к негритянской расе

Español (Spanish)
n. - negritud

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vara svart/afrikan, hävdande av svart kultur

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
黑人文化传统的认同, 对黑人文化传统的自豪感

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 黑人文化傳統的認同, 對黑人文化傳統的自豪感

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 흑인의 문화적 긍지, 흑인의 특질

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ネグリチュード

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התכונה או המצב של להיות אדם שחור, ההכרה בערך התרבות השחורה‬


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Césaire, Aimé Fernand (Martinique-born poet)
Senghor, Léopold (Senegalese poet and politician)
Sarah Maldoror (Writer, Director, Actor, Historical Film/Drama)
Negritude Jr. (Latin Band, '90s)