Négritude

with Salah Hassan (curator and professor at Cornell University), Maguèye Kassé (Professor at the Université de Dakar) Simon Njami (curator and art critic)

Moderation: Manthia Diawara

Ethnic definitions of identity, as re/presented in Négritude (getting back to the roots; acquiring cultural symbols; emotional images as the essence of an African identity) can be seen again in the cinema now, now that the golden age of social realism has past. The panel considers the rediscovery of Négritude, its transformation in times of post-colonialism, and its significance for contemporary African cinema.