{"id":4690,"date":"2017-06-23T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T12:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myqamar.com\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2021-07-23T13:02:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T11:02:52","slug":"guadeloupe-creole-literature-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myqamar.com\/gb\/2017\/06\/23\/guadeloupe-creole-literature-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"Guadeloupe: Creole is a rich literary genre"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Creole is a genre<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is basically no way I can talk about Caribbean culture and skip the rich literature born from our historical turmoil. Guadeloupe is too a very fertile soil, home to a number of successful authors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you heard of the N\u00e9gritude<\/a><\/em> movement, fathered by Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire<\/strong>, L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor<\/strong> and L\u00e9on-Gontran Damas<\/strong>? Or the famed The Wretched of the Earth<\/em><\/a> author, Frantz Fanon<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prominent figures of the French Caribbean literature, they had a lot to say about racism, the consequences of colonisation, and so on. They laid the groundwork which helped reconcile the multi layered identity of French people of Caribbean and African descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They fought with words and wit where they couldn’t with fists, paving the way for generations of Caribbean and African writers, poets and politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it comes to Guadeloupean authors, my two favourites are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maryse Cond\u00e9 <\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Her life itself is already an adventure. She spent years in Africa where she married Guinean actor, Mamadou Cond\u00e9. She taught in Guinea, Ghana, Senegal and in the USA. She’s now retired from Columbia University as Professor Emerita of French. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem<\/em><\/a>, is the very first novel she penned that I read. Tituba’s story will take you from the shores of Barbados to the infamous village of Salem, Massachusetts where she will eventually stand trial, accused of witchcraft. You won’t be able to leave that book alone ! You’ve been warned…     <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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