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5 pages in length. The social, cultural and political events that helped to shape the concept of Negritude for Leopold Sedar Senghor, Leon Damas and Aime Cesaire were vast and far-reaching when it came to sculpting their individual interpretations of the word. In short, the birth of Negritude was the birth of Black Consciousness and the Harlem Renaissance, which was hastened by the need for the African community to be recognized for its beneficial and inherent contributions. Spawning a significant literary movement in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s comprised of French-speaking African and Caribbean writers, Negritude opened up an entirely different view of blacks that had never before been considered. The writer discusses what Negritude represented to the individual writers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of the word. In short, the birth of Negritude was the birth of Black Consciousness and the Harlem Renaissance, which was hastened by the need for the African community
to be recognized for its beneficial and inherent contributions. Spawning a significant literary movement in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s comprised of French-speaking African and Caribbean writers, Negritude opened
up an entirely different view of blacks that had never before been considered. The essence of Negritude for Senghor, Damas and Cesaire was to bring to light the poor treatment
blacks had received -- and continued to receive -- from Europe and the Western culture. "A civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a decadent
civilization" (Ola PG), commented Cesaire. The social implications of such treatment found a significant lack of humanity and benevolence towards the black community, insofar as the outer world was
cold and harsh for no worthwhile reason. Culturally, Cesaire, Damas and Senghor believed that French-speaking blacks maintained the same foundation as all other cultures, yet they were not given
the same compassion and acceptance as they received. It was as if their very history, beliefs and traditions held no importance to anyone but themselves, inasmuch as other cultures
did their best to stigmatize their people. "A civilization that chooses to close its eyes to its most critical problem is a stricken civilization" (Ola PG). One of the
most substantial of all contentions made by the three writers is that African history -- socially, culturally and politically -- played an integral role in the development of civilization; however,
these contributions have gone unnoticed and unacknowledged. Negritude represented the manner in which Europe and the Western culture took great strides to exempt the blacks from being a part
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