martinican
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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He was a distinguished poet who pioneered Négritude - an anti-colonialist movement that championed African cultures - alongside Martinican poet Aimé Cesairé while a student in Paris in the 1930s.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2023
Mehretu has quoted the remark by Martinican writer and critic Édouard Glissant: “We clamor for the right to opacity for everyone.”
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2021
Alongside “Rumor de la Tierra,” you can read on the wall a few lines from the Martinican philosopher Édouard Glissant, who argued that Lam’s art embodied a particularly Caribbean aesthetic.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2020
A Martinican of African descent, citizen of a former French colony, he also had a necessarily complicated relationship with the literary traditions of the metropole.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2015
She trained cooks at M's Tea & Coffee House, where she was famous for her Friday special -- black beans and rice with Martinican sauce.
From Time Magazine Archive
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