A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Negritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resonant rhythms, Cesaire considered this work a 'break into the forbidden,' at once a cry of rebellion and a celebration of black identity.
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A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Negritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resonant rhythms, Cesaire considered this work a 'break into the forbidden,' at once a cry of rebellion and a celebration of black identity.