Lyric and Dramatic Poetry, 1946-82 (Caraf Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from the French)

A collection of poems by the Martinician poet Aime Cesaire, who was read as a poet of revolutionary zeal during the Black Power movement of the 1960s. This collection is the first English edition to include "And the Dogs Were Silent" and "i, laminaria". There is a critical introduction.