Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Aime Cesaire may not be a household name in this country, but he’s known in much of the world as one of the men who developed “Negritude,” the idea of a common black identity. That concept inspired scores of black intellectuals during the twentieth century. Cesaire himself went on to become a prominent poet and politician in his native Martinique. Join Kojo as we remember Cesaire, who died on Thursday at the age of 94.
Guests
- Francis Abiola Irele Visiting Professor of African and African American Studies and of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
- E. Ethelbert Miller Poet and Director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University,
- Elie Smith Paris-based journalist
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