Aimé Césaire

Aimé Césaire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem 'Notebook of a Return to My Native Land', Césaire reinvented Black culture by conceiving 'négritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of self-creation. In this essential account of his life and work, Jane Hiddleston introduces readers to Césaire's unique poetic voice and to his role as a figurehead for intellectuals pursuing freedom and equality for Black people.