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    6. The Black renaissance in Francophone African and Caribbean literatures

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Frindéthié,Martial K. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    209 p., Explores the limits and prospects of Afro-Caribbean Francophone writers in reshaping or producing action-oriented literature. Part One explores the origins of Afro-Caribbean Francophone literature and what the author terms griotism-- a shared heritage of awareness of biological differences, a sense of the black hero as black messiah and black people as chosen, and the promise of a common racial history.