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," a foundational essay by Léopold Sédar Senghor that reimagines Black identity not as a reaction to colonialism, but as a vital contribution to global civilization.

Western humanism (from the Greeks to the Enlightenment) said: "Man is the measure of all things." But that "man" was an abstraction. Césaire and Senghor replied: "Which man? The one who owns slaves? The one who burns villages in the name of civilization?" negritude a humanism of the twentieth century pdf

The movement was founded by three key figures: ," a foundational essay by Léopold Sédar Senghor