Exhibition (till July 25, 2009) at Exit Art in Manhattan on the 20th black arts and political movement. Curated by New Yorkers Papo Colo, Tânia Cypriano, Rose Myriam Réjouis, Franklin Sirmans and Greg Tate. Includes a party on June 18 (7 till 11pm) with Baye Kouyaté and Les Tougarakes, Dallam-Dougou, and DJ Turmix, and a Brazil-focused film series.
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If you are a serious student of negritude, you should also read the new work of Christian Filsotrat, called Negritude Agonistes, Assimilation against Nationalism in the French-speaking Caribbean and Guyane. His book has what people are calling the missing the link — excerpts (illustrations) of the previously unknown issue of L’Etudiant Noir… when Aimee Cesaire first used the word negritude. Go to this blog for more info– http://www.ahlpub.com/blog/?p=12&cpage=1#comments or the publishers Web site at http://www.ahlpub.com/Negritude_Agonistes_Christian_Filostrat.html.