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Edward Blyden (1832-1912) was born in the Virgin Islands and immigrated later to Liberia. A teacher, journalist, politician, and ordained Presbyterian minister, he lectured and published widely on race, politics, and religion. Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race (1887) was one of his most famous works. Blyden’s views on blackness and his concept of the "African Personality" directly influenced the Négritude movement. His biographer, Hollis Lynch, collected some of his works in Black Spokesman. For an introduction to Blyden’s life and work, click here.
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