Negritude is still relevant

Today, Césaire is highly criticized for his call for negritude. Those who attack Césaire believe negritude is too limiting and too Africa-oriented. Therefore, they propose “Creolity” as an alternative to Negritude. Creolity is a movement that is dedicated to studying, writing, publishing, and teaching Creole as the medium of expression of the Antillean soul, as opposed to the exclusivity of French, which is spoken by adherents of Negritude. Thus for many, the quest of negritude is no longer relevant. However, I believe the quest of negritude is still today the soul of black Diasporas’ search of an identity.