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What were the causes and effects of colonialism?
Cause: European desire for resources/power. Effect: Exploitation, cultural suppression, resistance movements.
What were the causes and effects of the Harlem Renaissance?
Cause: Great Migration, Black cultural expression. Effect: Inspired Négritude and Negrismo.
What were the causes and effects of French assimilation policies?
Cause: Belief in French cultural superiority. Effect: Rejection by colonized, rise of Négritude.
What were the causes and effects of racial ideologies?
Cause: Justification for colonial exploitation. Effect: Dehumanization, resistance, movements for equality.
What were the causes and effects of the Great Migration?
Cause: Jim Crow laws, economic opportunity. Effect: Harlem Renaissance, new Black cultural expression.
What were the causes and effects of the rise of global capitalism?
Cause: Industrial revolution, desire for profit. Effect: Exploitation of colonized peoples, resistance movements.
What were the causes and effects of Césaire writing 'Discourse on Colonialism'?
Cause: Critique of colonialism's brutality. Effect: Influenced postcolonial thought, inspired resistance.
What were the causes and effects of Guillén's poetry?
Cause: Marginalization of Afro-Cubans. Effect: Celebrated Black culture, critiqued social inequalities.
What were the causes and effects of the rejection of white supremacy?
Cause: Belief in equality, resistance to oppression. Effect: Reclaiming African culture, movements for liberation.
What were the causes and effects of the interconnectedness of struggles?
Cause: Shared experiences of oppression. Effect: Solidarity between African Americans, Négritude, and Negrismo.
Define Négritude.
A political, cultural, and literary movement (1930s-1950s) celebrating Blackness and resisting colonialism.
Define Negrismo.
A movement in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean celebrating African contributions to Latin American culture.
Define Harlem Renaissance.
A cultural and intellectual revival of African American arts and literature during the 1920s and 1930s.
Define Assimilation (in colonial context).
A colonial policy aimed at integrating colonized people into the culture and society of the colonizer.
Define Eurocentrism.
The practice of interpreting the world from a European perspective, often prioritizing European values and culture.
Define Colonialism.
The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Define Anti-colonialism.
The political and ideological resistance to colonial rule and the desire for independence and self-determination.
Define African Socialism.
A political ideology promoted by Léopold Sédar Senghor based on traditional African values of community and sharing.
Define Diaspora.
The dispersion of any people from their original homeland.
Define New Negro Movement.
Focused on the African American experience, particularly the struggle against Jim Crow laws and lynching in the U.S.
Who was Aimé Césaire and what was his impact?
A writer and politician from Martinique, a founder of Négritude, and author of 'Discourse on Colonialism'.
Who was Léopold Sédar Senghor and what was his impact?
A Senegalese poet, politician, and theorist of Négritude, and the first president of Senegal.
Who was Léon Damas and what was his impact?
A poet from French Guiana and one of the founders of the Négritude movement.
Who was Nicolás Guillén and what was his impact?
A Cuban poet and a key figure in the Negrismo movement, known for his Afro-Cuban-inspired poetry.
Who was Luis Palés Matos and what was his impact?
A Puerto Rican poet associated with the Negrismo movement.
Who was Loïs Mailou Jones and what was her impact?
An African American artist of the Harlem Renaissance, known for her painting 'Les Fétiches'.
Who was Wifredo Lam and what was his impact?
A Cuban artist known for his surrealist paintings that reflected Afro-Cuban identity, such as 'The Jungle'.
Who was Jessie Redmon Fauset and what was her impact?
Editor of the NAACP journal 'The Crisis', she condemned racism and colonialism.
Who was Langston Hughes and what was his impact?
An American poet who expressed solidarity with Afro-Cuban struggles.
What was Aimé Césaire's political affiliation?
He was a member of the French Communist Party.