In the 1930s and 1940s, Paris was a mecca for Black artists, writers, musicians, and intellectuals from around the world. From this crucible, in 1947 Alioune Diop founded Présence Africaine, a journal devoted to redefining the importance of Africa’s contributions to the modern world.
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