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Présence Africaine

February 27, 2023

Présence Africaine is a pan-African quarterly cultural, political, and literary magazine, published in Paris, France, and founded by Alioune Diop in 1947. In 1949, Présence Africaine expanded to include a publishing house and a bookstore on rue des Écoles in the Latin Quarter of Paris. The journal was highly influential in the Pan-Africanist movement, the decolonisation struggle of former French colonies, and the birth of the Négritude movement.

Présence Africaine
Categoriesliterature, philosophy, African studies
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherPrésence africaine
FounderAlioune Diop
Founded1947
First issueNovember 1947
CountryFrance
Based inParis
LanguageFrench (English abstracts)
Websitehttp://www.presenceafricaine.com
ISSN0032-7638

Magazine

The magazine published its first issue in November 1947, founded by Alioune Diop[1] a Senegal-born professor of philosophy, along with a cast of African, European, and American intellectuals, writers, and social scientists, including Aimé Césaire, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Alioune Sarr, Richard Wright, Albert Camus, André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, Théodore Monod, Georges Balandier and Michel Leiris.[2] While not all authors published in the magazine were from the African diaspora, its subtitle (Revue Culturelle du Monde Noir/Cultural Review of the Negro World) makes clear that the editors saw themselves engaged in the cultural and political struggles of panafricanism. With the move by Aimé Césaire and Léopold Sédar Senghor to PA (from Césaire's own journal L'Étudiant noir), the magazine became the pre-eminent voice of the Négritude movement.

In 1956, Alioune Diop and Présence Africaine organised the 1st International Congress of Black Writers and Artists (1er Congrès international des écrivains et artistes noirs) in Paris, which included Aimé Césaire, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Jacques Rabemananjara, Cheikh Anta Diop, Richard Wright, Franz Fanon, and Jean Price-Mars, and for which Pablo Picasso designed a poster.[3]

Although there have occasionally been English-language pieces and English-language abstracts in the magazine since its start, French has always been the main language. Between 1955 and January 1961, the magazine also published an English edition (also entitled Présence Africaine), which ran to 60 issues.[4]

Through the leadership of Aimé Césaire, Présence Africaine was an anti-colonialist magazine as well. Their articles were a direct involvement with the anti-colonialist struggle and together, the writers and thinkers strived to denounce colonial racism through their foundational texts.

Although Césaire's most famous text Discours sur le Colonialisme is constantly being republished and translated (and scholars such as Robin D.G. Kelley have added their contributions including “A Poetics of Anticolonialism,”) Césaire's original text was published as Discours sur le Colonialisme by the Présence Africaine in 1955.[5] The essay had previously been published in 1950 by Editions Redame, and a revised version was published in Présance Africane in 1955.

The works from Présence Africaine were also used in other anti-colonialist literature. For example, Frantz Fanon used excerpts from Présence Africaine in his anti-colonialist text Black Skin, White Masks.[6] He cites the work of Aimé Césaire, Michel Salomon, Abdoulaye Sadji, George Moulin, and countless other essential thinkers in order to strengthen his claims about denouncing colonial racism.[7]

Publishing house

Editions Présence Africaine was the first imprint to publish most of the best known Francophone African writers of the 20th century, including the literature of Mongo Beti, Ken Bugul, Birago Diop, Djibril Tamsir Niane, Williams Sassine, Ousmane Sembène, Léopold Sédar Senghor, as well as the philosophical works of Cheikh Anta Diop among others. Editions Présence Africaine was also the first to publish French translations of Anglophone writers such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and the pan-Africanist leaders Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere.[8]

Recent history

Alioune Diop remained publisher until his death in 1980, when his wife Christiane Yandé Diop took over. The 50th anniversary of Présence Africaine was celebrated at UNESCO in Paris in 1997, and attended by Daniel Maximin and Wole Soyinka among others.

As of the end of 2007 Présence Africaine had run to 173 issues, with its Editions Présence Africaine publishing over 400 works, 322 of which are still in print. Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire, published first in 1955, remains its best-selling work. In addition, new African works are published, by novelists including Hamidou Dia, Antoinette Tidjani Alou and Dieudonné Gnammankou and historians such as Aboucrary Moussa Lam.[9]

Présence Africaine′s current publications director is Romuald Fonkoua, professor of comparative French literature at Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg.

See also

References

  1. ^ Monica Popescu (2020). At Penpoint. African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, and the Cold War. Durham; London: Duke University Press. p. 57. doi:10.1515/9781478012153. ISBN 978-1-4780-0940-5. S2CID 241238726.
  2. ^ "Présence Africaine 1947-1958", The Journal of Negro History 43(2), April 1958, p. 140.
  3. ^ 50th Anniversary of the 1st International Congress of Black Writers and Artists, Paris, France, 19-22 September 2006, UNESCO.
  4. ^ Catalog record of Présence africaine. English, New York Public Library.
  5. ^ Césaire, Aimé. Discours Sur Le Colonialisme. 4e ed. Paris: Presence Africaine, 1955.
  6. ^ Fanon, Frantz, Black Skin, White Masks. New York: Grove Press, 1967.
  7. ^ Fanon, Frantz, Black Skin, White Masks. New York: Grove Press, 1967.
  8. ^ Tshitenge Lubabu M. K., Jeune Afrique, 2007.
  9. ^ Tidiane Dioh. Un demi-siècle de Présence africaine, Jeune Afrique, 12 September 2000.
  • Tshitenge Lubaru M. K., "Soixante ans de Présence", Jeune Afrique, n° 2448, 9 December 2007, p. 108.
  • Much of this article was translated from the French-language Wikipedia article fr:Présence africaine (2008-05-23).

Bibliography

  • Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Black Paris: The African Writer's Landscape, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1998.
  • Sarah C Dunstan, Race, Rights and Reform: Black Activism in the French Empire and the United States from World War I to Cold War, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp. 207-236.
  • Marga Graf, "Roots of Identity: The National and Cultural Self in 'Présence Africaine'", Comparative Literature and Culture, June 2001, 3(2).
  • Salah D. Hassan, "Inaugural Issues: the cultural politics of the early 'Présence Africaine'", Research in African Literatures, 30:2, Summer 1999, pp. 194–221.
  • Valentin Y. Mudimbe (ed.), The Surreptitious Speech: "Présence Africaine" and the Politics of Otherness, 1947-1987, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
  • (in French) Léopold Sédar Senghor et la revue "Présence Africaine", Paris: Présence Africaine, 1996, 250 pp. ISBN 2-7087-0621-7 (Anthology of Senghor's writings in PA).
  • (in French) Jacques Howlett, Index alphabétique des auteurs et index des matières de la revue "Présence Africaine", Paris: Présence Africaine, 1977, 381 pp. ISBN 2-7087-0343-9
  • (in French) Micaela Fenoglio, "Présence africaine" entre critique et littérature: l'esprit du dialogue, Rome: Bulzoni, 1998.
  • (in French) Marcella Glisenti (ed.), Hommage à Alioune Diop, fondateur de Présence Africaine, Rome: Éditions des amis italiens de Présence Africaine, 1977.
  • (in French) Lilyan Kesteloot, Les Écrivains noirs de langue française: naissance d'une littérature, Bruxelles: Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1965.
  • (in French) Diane T. Simard, Théorie et critique littéraires dans la revue "Présence africaine", Montréal: Université McGill, 1972 (Thèse M.A.).
  • (in French) 20e Anniversaire: Mélanges: réflexions d'hommes de culture, Présence Africaine 1947-1967, Paris: Présence Africaine, 1969.
  • (in French) 30e Anniversaire de Présence Africaine. Hommage à Alioune Diop, Paris: Présence Africaine, 1977.
  • (in French) 50e Anniversaire de Présence Africaine, 1947-1997: Colloque de Dakar, 25-27 novembre 1997, Paris: Présence Africaine (special edition), 1999, 385 pp. ISBN 2-7087-0674-8

External links

  • La Maison d'édition (The Publisher) (in French)
  • (Liberation journals Index)
  • "Genèse de la littérature afro-francophone en France entre les années 1940 et 1950" (in French) (article by Katharina Städtler in Mots Pluriels, no. 8, October 1998.)
  • La revue Présence africaine avec son Directeur de la rédaction Romuald Fonkoua (in French) (en ligne, une émission radiophonique de Canal Académie animation by François-Pierre Nizery, 30' 39)
  • Histoire de la revue sur le site de la maison d'édition. (in French)
  • , Chronicle World.

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Presence Africaine is a pan African quarterly cultural political and literary magazine published in Paris France and founded by Alioune Diop in 1947 In 1949 Presence Africaine expanded to include a publishing house and a bookstore on rue des Ecoles in the Latin Quarter of Paris The journal was highly influential in the Pan Africanist movement the decolonisation struggle of former French colonies and the birth of the Negritude movement Presence AfricaineCategoriesliterature philosophy African studiesFrequencyQuarterlyPublisherPresence africaineFounderAlioune DiopFounded1947First issueNovember 1947CountryFranceBased inParisLanguageFrench English abstracts Websitehttp www presenceafricaine comISSN0032 7638 Contents 1 Magazine 2 Publishing house 3 Recent history 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Bibliography 6 External linksMagazine EditThe magazine published its first issue in November 1947 founded by Alioune Diop 1 a Senegal born professor of philosophy along with a cast of African European and American intellectuals writers and social scientists including Aime Cesaire Leopold Sedar Senghor Alioune Sarr Richard Wright Albert Camus Andre Gide Jean Paul Sartre Theodore Monod Georges Balandier and Michel Leiris 2 While not all authors published in the magazine were from the African diaspora its subtitle Revue Culturelle du Monde Noir Cultural Review of the Negro World makes clear that the editors saw themselves engaged in the cultural and political struggles of panafricanism With the move by Aime Cesaire and Leopold Sedar Senghor to PA from Cesaire s own journal L Etudiant noir the magazine became the pre eminent voice of the Negritude movement In 1956 Alioune Diop and Presence Africaine organised the 1st International Congress of Black Writers and Artists 1er Congres international des ecrivains et artistes noirs in Paris which included Aime Cesaire Leopold Sedar Senghor Jacques Rabemananjara Cheikh Anta Diop Richard Wright Franz Fanon and Jean Price Mars and for which Pablo Picasso designed a poster 3 Although there have occasionally been English language pieces and English language abstracts in the magazine since its start French has always been the main language Between 1955 and January 1961 the magazine also published an English edition also entitled Presence Africaine which ran to 60 issues 4 Through the leadership of Aime Cesaire Presence Africaine was an anti colonialist magazine as well Their articles were a direct involvement with the anti colonialist struggle and together the writers and thinkers strived to denounce colonial racism through their foundational texts Although Cesaire s most famous text Discours sur le Colonialisme is constantly being republished and translated and scholars such as Robin D G Kelley have added their contributions including A Poetics of Anticolonialism Cesaire s original text was published as Discours sur le Colonialisme by the Presence Africaine in 1955 5 The essay had previously been published in 1950 by Editions Redame and a revised version was published in Presance Africane in 1955 The works from Presence Africaine were also used in other anti colonialist literature For example Frantz Fanon used excerpts from Presence Africaine in his anti colonialist text Black Skin White Masks 6 He cites the work of Aime Cesaire Michel Salomon Abdoulaye Sadji George Moulin and countless other essential thinkers in order to strengthen his claims about denouncing colonial racism 7 Publishing house EditEditions Presence Africaine was the first imprint to publish most of the best known Francophone African writers of the 20th century including the literature of Mongo Beti Ken Bugul Birago Diop Djibril Tamsir Niane Williams Sassine Ousmane Sembene Leopold Sedar Senghor as well as the philosophical works of Cheikh Anta Diop among others Editions Presence Africaine was also the first to publish French translations of Anglophone writers such as Chinua Achebe Wole Soyinka Ngugi wa Thiong o and the pan Africanist leaders Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere 8 Recent history EditAlioune Diop remained publisher until his death in 1980 when his wife Christiane Yande Diop took over The 50th anniversary of Presence Africaine was celebrated at UNESCO in Paris in 1997 and attended by Daniel Maximin and Wole Soyinka among others As of the end of 2007 Presence Africaine had run to 173 issues with its Editions Presence Africaine publishing over 400 works 322 of which are still in print Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire published first in 1955 remains its best selling work In addition new African works are published by novelists including Hamidou Dia Antoinette Tidjani Alou and Dieudonne Gnammankou and historians such as Aboucrary Moussa Lam 9 Presence Africaine s current publications director is Romuald Fonkoua professor of comparative French literature at Universite Marc Bloch in Strasbourg See also EditDecolonisation of Africa NegritudeReferences Edit Monica Popescu 2020 At Penpoint African Literatures Postcolonial Studies and the Cold War Durham London Duke University Press p 57 doi 10 1515 9781478012153 ISBN 978 1 4780 0940 5 S2CID 241238726 Presence Africaine 1947 1958 The Journal of Negro History 43 2 April 1958 p 140 50th Anniversary of the 1st International Congress of Black Writers and Artists Paris France 19 22 September 2006 UNESCO Catalog record of Presence africaine English New York Public Library Cesaire Aime Discours Sur Le Colonialisme 4e ed Paris Presence Africaine 1955 Fanon Frantz Black Skin White Masks New York Grove Press 1967 Fanon Frantz Black Skin White Masks New York Grove Press 1967 Tshitenge Lubabu M K Jeune Afrique 2007 Tidiane Dioh Un demi siecle de Presence africaine Jeune Afrique 12 September 2000 Tshitenge Lubaru M K Soixante ans de Presence Jeune Afrique n 2448 9 December 2007 p 108 Much of this article was translated from the French language Wikipedia article fr Presence africaine 2008 05 23 Bibliography Edit Bennetta Jules Rosette Black Paris The African Writer s Landscape Chicago University of Illinois Press 1998 Sarah C Dunstan Race Rights and Reform Black Activism in the French Empire and the United States from World War I to Cold War New York Cambridge University Press 2021 pp 207 236 Marga Graf Roots of Identity The National and Cultural Self in Presence Africaine Comparative Literature and Culture June 2001 3 2 Salah D Hassan Inaugural Issues the cultural politics of the early Presence Africaine Research in African Literatures 30 2 Summer 1999 pp 194 221 Valentin Y Mudimbe ed The Surreptitious Speech Presence Africaine and the Politics of Otherness 1947 1987 Chicago University of Chicago Press 1992 in French Leopold Sedar Senghor et la revue Presence Africaine Paris Presence Africaine 1996 250 pp ISBN 2 7087 0621 7 Anthology of Senghor s writings in PA in French Jacques Howlett Index alphabetique des auteurs et index des matieres de la revue Presence Africaine Paris Presence Africaine 1977 381 pp ISBN 2 7087 0343 9 in French Micaela Fenoglio Presence africaine entre critique et litterature l esprit du dialogue Rome Bulzoni 1998 in French Marcella Glisenti ed Hommage a Alioune Diop fondateur de Presence Africaine Rome Editions des amis italiens de Presence Africaine 1977 in French Lilyan Kesteloot Les Ecrivains noirs de langue francaise naissance d une litterature Bruxelles Universite Libre de Bruxelles 1965 in French Diane T Simard Theorie et critique litteraires dans la revue Presence africaine Montreal Universite McGill 1972 These M A in French 20e Anniversaire Melanges reflexions d hommes de culture Presence Africaine 1947 1967 Paris Presence Africaine 1969 in French 30e Anniversaire de Presence Africaine Hommage a Alioune Diop Paris Presence Africaine 1977 in French 50e Anniversaire de Presence Africaine 1947 1997 Colloque de Dakar 25 27 novembre 1997 Paris Presence Africaine special edition 1999 385 pp ISBN 2 7087 0674 8External links EditLa Maison d edition The Publisher in French Presence africaine Revue Culturelle du Monde Noir Liberation journals Index Genese de la litterature afro francophone en France entre les annees 1940 et 1950 in French article by Katharina Stadtler in Mots Pluriels no 8 October 1998 La revue Presence africaine avec son Directeur de la redaction Romuald Fonkoua in French en ligne une emission radiophonique de Canal Academie animation by Francois Pierre Nizery 30 39 Histoire de la revue sur le site de la maison d edition in French Thomas L Blair Mother Africa in Europe Mme Diop of Presence Africaine Chronicle World Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Presence Africaine amp oldid 1138561401, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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