Aimé Césaire, l’Amérique et la conscience noire
Abstract
Aimé Césaire has a fundamental intellectual, literary, and socio-political relationship with America. This relationship was shaped by his discovery of African American writers such as Sterling Brown, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay, as well as by the exchange of ideas between Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. In his work, America appears as a place where Black consciousness awakens, marked by both racial injustice and the strong desire for freedom and human dignity. This article offers a brief overview of Césaire’s interest in the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, the reception of his work in the United States, and his vision of America as a space of contradictions, solidarity, and changing identities.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Caribbean and African Literature and Culture
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
Caribbean history
culture
and politics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Contemporary French and Francophone Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 917–932
- Publication date
- 8 August 2026
- Language
- EN