Includes Aime Cesaire's entire dramatic corpus for the first time in English, as well as an interview with the late Aime Cesaire himself. Ojo-Ade's analysis provides a crucial insight into the complex relationship between Cesaire's theatre and Africa. As such it is an original, insightful and indispensable contribution to the study of the work of Cesaire as well as an invaluable addition to literary approaches to African and Carribean drama. 378pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

An analysis of Negritude as a literary and philosophical movement in the cultural contexts of the West. Index, bib, notes, refs, xi, 247pp, USA. CAROLINA ACADEMIC PRESS, 0890891494

It is almost fifty years since the Federation of black African students in France (FEANF) organised its first seminar in Paris on the relationship between black African literature and politics. This was an opportunity for African students to define the role of literature in political struggles and to evaluate the commitments of French African writers. IN FRENCH. 180pp, CAMEROON. LANGAA RPCIG.

In an extensive collection of essays spanning 50 years of sustained scholarship, this book explores the many varied aspects of Negritude - both as a concept and as a movement. F. Abiola Irele provides an account of its historical origins and examines the sociological and ideological background of themes that have preoccupied French-speaking black writers and intellectuals. His collection also includes a rare essay on the structure of Aim Csaire's imagery in its poetic transmutation of this experience. 276pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Combining a high literary style with Martinican colloquialisms, Aime Cesaire created a poem that opposes the ideology of colonialism by inventing a language that refuses assimilation to a dominant cultural norm. This work is now considered a foundation stone of the Negritude movement and a seminal text in Surrealism, French and Black literatures. This dual language edition includes an introduction by Mireille Rosello, a bibliography, extensive notes and explanatory essays on topics from Negritude to poetics and politics. Maps, 160pp, UK. BLOODAXE BOOKS. 1852241845

Selected volume of work chosen to introduce Cesaire's poetry, prose, dramatic work and philosophy. Prefaced by the President of the Republic of Benin. Illustrated with 12 pages of B/W photographs and includes a chronology of his life and work. Index, bib, 183pp, French text. FRANCE. SEPIA, 2907888803

Translated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Introduction by Tariq Ali. Recounts the tragic death of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Congo Republic and an African nationalist hero. The play follows Lumumba's efforts to free the Congolese from Belgian rule and the political struggles that led to his assassination in 1961. Cesaire depicts Lumumba as a sympathetic Christ-like figure whose conscious martyrdom reflects his self-sacrificing humanity and commitment to Panafricanism. 152pp, USA. CHICAGO U P.