Fanon,Frantz (Author) and Chevalier,Haakon (Translator)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1967
Published:
New York: Monthly Review Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Translation of Pour la revolution africaine., 197 p., A collection of articles, essays, and letters spanning the period between Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Fanon’s landmark manifesto on the psychology of the colonized and the means of empowerment necessary for their liberation. Section IV, number 20 is entitled "Blood flows in the Antilles under French domination," pp. 167-170.
Reviews several books on slavery. The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil: The "Liberation" of Africans Through the Emancipation of Capital, by David Baronov; The Virgin, The King and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780, by María Elena Díaz; The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas, by David Eltis.;
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
951 p., Story of an elderly African, blind and dying, traveling from Africa to Brazil in search of the lost son for decades. Along the journey, she will tell her life, marked by killings, rape, violence and slavery. Set in an important historical context in the formation of the Brazilian people and narrated in a way in which the historical facts are immersed in daily life and in the lives of the characters.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
951 p., A story of an African elderly who is blind, and on the verge of death, travels to from African to Brazil in a hunt for the lost child for decades.
Boisseron,Bénédicte (Editor) and Ekotto,Frieda (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Language:
French
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
Pessac: Presses universitaires de Bordeaux
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
151 p., Includes "Parcours d'un corps" / Raphaël Confiant (Martinique); "Sa Légèreté Libellule" / Jean Bernabé (Martinique); "Les derniers jours d'une mulâtresse" / Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique); "Wayang Kulit" / Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe); "Chocolater son petit corps" / Suzanne Dracius (Martinique); "La Femme-Fleuve" / Ernest Pépin (Guadeloupe); "Une chouette dans un Port-au-Prince sans électricité" / Dany Laferrière (Haïti/Canada); and "L'ex-île" / Daniel Maximin (Guadeloupe).
