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A Season in the Congo

Aime Cesaire

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  • 160 sidor
  • 2018
This play by renowned poet and political activist Aime Cesairerecounts the tragic death of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Congo Republic and an African nationalist hero. A Season in the Congofollows Lumumba's efforts to free the Congolese from Belgian rule and the political struggles that led to his assassination in 1961. Cesaire powerfully depicts Lumumba as a sympathetic, Christ-like figure whose conscious martyrdom reflects his self-sacrificing humanity and commitment to pan-Africanism.Born in Martinique and educated in Paris, Cesaire was a revolutionary artist and lifelong political activist, who founded the Martinique Independent Revolution Party. Cesaire's ardent personal opposition to Western imperialism and racism fuels both his profound sympathy for Lumumba and the emotional strength of A Season in the Congo.Now rendered in a lyrical translation by distinguished scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Cesaire's play will find a new audience of readers interested in world literature and the vestiges of European colonialism.
  • Författare: Aime Cesaire
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780857424877
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 160
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2018-06-12
  • Översättare: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
  • Förlag: Seagull Books London Ltd