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/ˈnɛɡɹɪˌt͡ʃuːd/ · noun
The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness..
Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring.
Long before Negritude had become a war-cry among the Black intellectuals of the Left Bank, Caribbean writers had been composing verses in French that were purely derivative, evoking the Parnassian and neo-Romantic influences of the end of the last century.
In order to explain this morality in action of negritude, I must go back a little.
Another important thing about “CLR,” as he was known in our little movement, was his disdainful opposition to any Third World fetishism or half-baked negritude.
Use negritude when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Negritude means The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness..
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Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring.
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