A Brief History of the African Writers and Artists Conference

First congress of black writers and artists in paris in 19 56, followed by a similarly significant second congress in rome in 19 59. It was at this event that sangor offered the clarification of his earlier statement that emotion is negro as reason is hellenic. The conference also included franz vanon, richard wright, che anta diop william fontaine and jean price mas. This gives us the perfect opportunity to consider how similar or different the two friends and proponents of neretud really were.