The Blackness of Paris. Literature and the recovery of a denied identity

The first third of the twentieth century represents the confluence in Paris of a series of black intellectuals from all over Africa, the West Indies, and the United States. Despite differences in origin and purpose, they gradually came together to confront the gaze of Europeans on blacks perceived as primitive and exotic. The interest of these authors in literature and ethnology, as well as a strong political commitment, will lead them to rethink their own identity in a foreign land. It will be the beginning of the Blackness movement.