negritude
noun/ˈnɛɡɹɪˌtjuːd/ · /ˈnɛɡɹɪˌt͡ʃuːd/
Etymology From French négritude (coined by Aimé Césaire), from nègre (“Negro”) + -itude.
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The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness.
- Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring.1969 May, Richard A. Long, “Perspective: Negritude”, in Black World/Negro Digest, Johnson Publishing, page 11:
- Long before Negritude had become a war-cry among the Black intellectuals of the Left Bank, Caribbean writers had been composing verses in French that were purely derivative, evoking the Parnassian and neo-Romantic influences of the end of the last century.1976, Dorothy S. Blair, African literature in French: a history of creative writing in French from west and equatorial Africa, CUP Archive, →ISBN, page 144:
2 more examples
- In order to explain this morality in action of negritude, I must go back a little.2005, Gaurav Gajanan Desai, Supriya Nair, Postcolonialisms: an anthology of cultural theory and criticism, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 185:
- Another important thing about “CLR,” as he was known in our little movement, was his disdainful opposition to any Third World fetishism or half-baked negritude.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 91:
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