Aime Cesaire
1913 - 2008
5
Quotes
Biography
Aime Cesaire was a Martinican poet, playwright, and politician. He co-founded the Negritude movement, which aimed to celebrate and promote African and Black culture and identity. Cesaire's work often addressed themes of colonialism, racism, and the struggle for independence. His poetry and plays, such as 'Notebook of a Return to the Native Land' and 'A Season in the Congo,' are renowned for their powerful and evocative language.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
A civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a decadent civilization.
2
Poetry is the shortest distance between two humans.
3
What matters is not to know the world but to change it.
4
My negritude is not a stone, its deafness hurled against the clamor of the day.
5
There is room for everyone at the rendezvous of victory.