negritude
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ne·gri·tude
or Ne·gri·tude (nē'grĭ-tūd', -tyūd', nĕg'rĭ-) 
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An aesthetic and ideological concept affirming the independent nature, quality, and validity of Black culture.
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.]
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Negritude
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
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
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - התכונה או המצב של להיות אדם שחור, ההכרה בערך התרבות השחורה
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