Return to My Native Land by Aimé Césaire

Return to My Native Land

Wesleyan Poetry

Aimé Césaire with Anna Bostock (Translator), John Berger (Translator)

80 pages first pub 1939 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
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 'We shall speak. We shall sing. We shall shout.' This blazing autobiographical poem by the founder of the négritude movement became a rallying cry for decolonisation when it appeared in 1939. Following one man's return from Europe to his homeland...

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4.04
based on 486 reviews

Moods

reflective: 80%

challenging: 60%

emotional: 60%

dark: 43%

inspiring: 41%

tense: 30%

sad: 26%

hopeful: 17%

adventurous: 10%

informative: 6%

mysterious: 4%

funny: 2%


Pace

39% of readers chose fast
48% of readers chose medium
11% of readers chose slow
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