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A review by chuckroberty
Freedom Time: Negritude, Decolonization, and the Future of the World by Gary Wilder
5.0
This is a book about an audaciously imagined decolonization, different from every other movement the world would ever see. Aimé Césaire (Martinique) and Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal) promoted the ambitious idea self-determination without state sovereignty- i.e a French Empire transitioning into a democratic federation, with former colonies as autonomous members of a transcontinental polity. This dream was never realized, and there is a tragic tone to the retelling of their lost perspectives. But from tragedy let us imagine re-imagined futures.