Category: colonialism

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+ Aimé Césaire, colonialism, colonization, james baldwin, No Name in the Street, politics

The Decline of Empires in James Baldwin’s “No Name in the Street”

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While doing research on the massacre of around 200 Algerians in October 1961 and William Gardner Smith’s novel The Stone Face, which concludes with the massacre, I came across James Baldwin’s discussions, specifically in his 1972 book No Name in the Street, on his time in Paris and his interactions with Algerians in France’s capital. I didn’t bring a copy of Baldwin’s book with … Read More The Decline of Empires in James Baldwin’s “No Name in the Street”

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+ booker t washington, colonialism, germany, poland, w.e.b. dubois, warsaw, poland, william faulkner

How Do We Move Beyond Our “Little Postage Stamp of Native Soil”?

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Where we live, day-to-day, informs us and consumes our existence. We think about our little postage stamps of land and our interactions with the region, both in relation to individuals and land. William Faulkner, on the draw of Mississippi, and specifically his own region in the state, told the Paris Review, “I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth … Read More How Do We Move Beyond Our “Little Postage Stamp of Native Soil”?

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