Open AccessPaths to Decolonization in the French Caribbean: Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon
Author(s) -
Naregh Galoustian
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
caribbean quilt
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1929-235X
pISSN - 1925-5829
DOI - 10.33137/caribbeanquilt.v2i0.19302
Subject(s) - martinique , decolonization , colonialism , sovereignty , citizenship , independence (probability theory) , politics , history , postcolonialism (international relations) , indigenous , ethnology , humanities , caribbean art , sociology , gender studies , political science , art , west indies , law , statistics , mathematics , ecology , biology
In the Caribbean, national independence traditionally meant formal de-colonization. However, the French Caribbean opted for integration rather than separation from France. Did Martinique and Guadaloupe accept the persistence of colonialism by refusing to gain sovereignty? Although it might seem so, the decision to be integrated within the French departmental system in 1946 stemmed from a longer political history of competing ideas regarding citizenship. In order to better understand this choice and its limits, historical and cultural developments will be explored by referring in broad terms to the thought of two Martinicans: Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon.