Note on the translation
Preface by Françoise Vergès
Interviews
Postface by Françoise Vergès
Works by Aimé Césaire
Notes
Aimé Césaire (1913-2008) was born in Basse-Pointe,
Martinique, and was an anticolonial theorist, activist, writer and
poet.
Françoise Vergès has held the Global South(s)
Professorship at the Maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris.
“Whether it be his poetry, plays, essays, or speeches, Aimé
Césaire's writing has remained a canonical essential for over 50
years, but only with the arrival of Resolutely Black can we now
enjoy the kinds of detailed insights and commentary worthy of his
stature. The interviews with Françoise Vergès further underscore
the unnerving prescience of Césaire when it comes to racial
politics while also providing much-needed context, depth and
texture. A ‘must’ for all students and scholars who study power,
diaspora, culture, identity and belonging in the modern world.”
Michelle Wright, Emory University
“Resolutely Black offers English language readers a
fascinating series of primarily political conversations [Françoise]
Vergès had with Martinican poet, playwright, and politician Aimé
Césaire late in his long life, just four years before he died at
age ninety-four in 2008. […] Vergès’s framing of these interviews
and the incisive writings around them in both her preface and
postface to the book are crucial for getting at the complexities of
Césaire’s legacies. […] The translator of Resolutely Black, Matthew
B. Smith […] is an experienced translator who enables readers of
this book to hear the source text in the translation, something
only very talented translators can do.”
Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann, Simone de Beauvoir Studies
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