Discourse on Colonialism

"Césaire's essay stands as an important document in the development of third world consciousness—a process in which [he] played a prominent role."
—Library Journal

This classic work, first published in France in 1955, profoundly influenced the generation of scholars and activists at the forefront of liberation struggles in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Nearly twenty years later, when published for the first time in English, Discourse on Colonialism inspired a new generation engag...