Congress of Black Writers and Artists

The Congress of Black Writers and Artists (French: Congrès des écrivains et artistes noirs; originally called the Congress of Negro Writers and Artists) was a meeting of leading black intellectuals for the purpose of addressing the issues of colonialism, slavery, and Négritude. The First Congress of Black Writers and Artists was organized by the Pan-African quarterly cultural, political, and literary review Présence Africaine.[1] It was held in Paris in September 1956.[2] Ahmed Sékou Touré spoke at the Second Congress of Black Writers and Artists, which was held in Rome in 1959.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Carole Boyce Davies (2008). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 767. ISBN 1-85109-700-7.
  2. ↑ Richard H. King (2004). Race, Culture, and the Intellectuals, 1940-1970. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. p. 201. ISBN 0-8018-8066-1.
  3. ↑ Robert William July (1987). An African Voice: The Role of the Humanities in African Independence. Duke University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-8223-0769-3.
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