Aimé Césaire (1913-2008)
'I remain faithful to my beliefs and remain inflexibly anti-colonialist' -
Aimé Césaire, 2005.
Respect to the great Martinican poet and socialist humanist.
posted by Snowball @ 11:39 am
Saturday, April 19, 2008
'I remain faithful to my beliefs and remain inflexibly anti-colonialist' -
Aimé Césaire, 2005.
Respect to the great Martinican poet and socialist humanist.
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3 Comments:
Thanks for these excellent links. Césaire's funeral today is the occasion for an orgy of hypocrisy led by a certain Nicolas Sarkozy. But Césaire's writings on colonialism remain and will be rememberd when Sarkozy and co have been consigned to the dustbin of history. By the way, with a 36% approval rating in today's polls, he is the most unpopular president ever after one year of his mandate. Check out my blog for more on these subjects.
Merci beaucoup, Colin...
'By the way, with a 36% approval rating in today's polls, he is the most unpopular president ever after one year of his mandate.'
Gordon Brown is 'enjoying' a similar sort of poll rating in his first year as well...
Oh, damn...
I greatly admired this man...
I still remember the first time I read his 'Cahier' and specially his Têmpete, that wonderful anti-colonial re-writing of the Tempest...
And like the greatest of artists, his ability to be a great politician also, a firm believer in the emancipation of humanity from its chains.
We'll remain faithful to his memory. And try to honour his work and memory as it deserves. Which is a lot.
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