Aime Cesaire: A Season In The Congo
Channel: FanSmiles
Date: 2013-12-14

This is part of the centenary of Aime Cesaire, poet, politician and author from Martinique, who in 1966 wrote the play: A Season in the Congo, which depicts the last days of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, the Pan African hero murdered by the Belgians and their goons. Short segments of the play are performed followed by a discussion of the negritude philosophy in the context of Afrikan liberation and 20th century history.