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1921

1921: René Maran’s novel Batouala, which depicted African life in French Equatorial Africa, received the prestigious Prix Goncourt.

1921: René Maran’s novel Batouala, which depicted African life in French Equatorial Africa, received the prestigious Prix Goncourt. This event contributed to a renewed interest in Africa among black intellectuals and artists in Haiti and abroad.

Source  ·  p. 159 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 159