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Négritude was an artistic and cultural movement of the 1930s centered around such figures as the Martinican Aimé Césaire (b. 1913; he coined the term) and Léopold Sédar Senghor (b. 1906). Négritude is associated with a deeply held love for African cultures and peoples, and it also assumes that these cultures and peoples are fundamentally different from others. As a result, Négritude often has been critiqued as essentialist. Today, the term designates a movement that seeks to value the art and culture of black peoples from a pan-African perspective. For a brief, well-written introduction to the movement and issues surrounding the term, click here.
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