Poesie de la Negritude: Léon Damas Reads Selected Poems from Pigments, Graffiti, Black Label, and Nevralgies
written by Leon Damas (Folkways Records, 1967), 25 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Author
- Leon Damas
- Description
As a reaction to the global domination and colonization by the Western world, La Negritude, a literary movement of black intellectuals in Francophone countries, was responsible for the production of many outstanding oeuvres. A prominent figure in the movement (along with Aimé Césaire and Leopold Senghor), the French-Guianese journalist and politician Léon Damas, shares (in French) several selections from his sizable anthology.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 25 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Spoken Word, Poetry
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Release Date
- 1967
- Subject
- World Music, Music & Performing Arts, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe, French Guiana
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe