{"product_id":"aim-c-sairebooks","title":"Aimé Césaire","description":"\u003cp\u003eAimé Césaire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem \u003ci\u003eNotebook of a Return to My Native Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Césaire reinvented black culture by conceiving 'négritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of self-creation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this essential new 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. Césaire was deeply immersed in the political life of his native Martinique for over fifty years: as Mayor of Fort-de-France and Deputy at the French National Assembly, he called for the liberation of oppressed people at home and abroad, while celebrating black creativity and self-invention to resist a history of racism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCésaire's extraordinary life reminds us that the much-needed revolt against oppression and subjugation can—and should—come from within the establishment, as well as without.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hiddleston, Jane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Community \u0026 Culture","offer_id":53382147473632,"sku":null,"price":20.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f3ba225a-b290-44d2-b5d9-ccddf30f2002.jpg?v=1783964617","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/aim-c-sairebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}