Aime Cesaire, voice of French Black pride, dies - Reuters India

PARIS (Reuters) - French Caribbean poet Aime Cesaire, founding father of the "negritude" movement that celebrated black consciousness, died in his native Martinique, the France's Ministry of Culture said on Thursday.

Cesaire, 94, who was mayor of the island's main city Fort-de-France for more than half a century, was admitted to hospital last week suffering from heart and other problems. His writings offered insight into how France imposed its culture on its citizens of different origins in the early part of the 20th Century.