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The First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar 1966 (Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines LUP)
David Murphy (Ed.)
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Hardcover. This volume is the first sustained attempt to provide an overview of the First World Festival of Negro Arts, held in Dakar in 1966, and of its multiple legacies. Editor(s): Murphy, David. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPK; ACBK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
In April 1966, thousands of artists, musicians, performers and writers from across Africa and its diaspora gathered in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to take part in the First World Festival of Negro Arts (Premier Festival Mondial des arts nègres). The international forum provided by the Dakar Festival showcased a wide array of arts and was attended by such celebrated luminaries as Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, Aimé Césaire, André Malraux and Wole Soyinka. Described by Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, as ‘the elaboration of a new humanism which this time will include all of humanity on the whole of our planet ... Read more
In April 1966, thousands of artists, musicians, performers and writers from across Africa and its diaspora gathered in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to take part in the First World Festival of Negro Arts (Premier Festival Mondial des arts nègres). The international forum provided by the Dakar Festival showcased a wide array of arts and was attended by such celebrated luminaries as Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, Aimé Césaire, André Malraux and Wole Soyinka. Described by Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, as ‘the elaboration of a new humanism which this time will include all of humanity on the whole of our planet ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines
Condition
New
Weight
515g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781383162
SKU
V9781781383162
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About David Murphy (Ed.)
David Murphy is Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Strathclyde.
Reviews for The First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar 1966 (Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines LUP)
'A terrific book that combines an impressive range of both new and emerging voices with leading international specialists located in transnational settings, and that will be of tremendous relevance to students and scholars in fields as diverse as cultural studies, performance studies, French and Francophone Studies, History and African Studies.' Dominic Thomas ‘This book provides an in-depth analysis of an ... Read more