Negritude in Anti-colonial African Literature Discourse
Abstract
This paper argues that Negritude as both a literary and political movement was very instrumental in the liberation of Africa and the Black world from colonial subjugation and racial segregation in the early 1930s through to the 1960s. However, its contribution to both the literary and political world has often been engulfed in a mist, subjecting its relevance to posthumous ambivalence with different literary scholars offering their own insights into their understanding of the movement, and thus, its existence is fundamental in the continued postcolonial struggle against the league of mandarins that replaced the colonial oppressors. Therefore, this work provides an analysis of the rise and fall of Negritude as both a literary and political movement, with focus on a comprehensive understanding of how the movement crumbled.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- SSRN Electronic Journal
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 287
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint