Peuples Noirs/Peuples Africains

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Peuples Noirs/Peuples Africains was a bimonthly periodical founded in 1978 by Cameroonian novelist and political essayist Mongo Beti. The publication, which means "Black Peoples/African Peoples," was dedicated to exposing and combating neocolonialism in Africa. Beti, a prominent critic of French colonial influence and its lasting effects, used the periodical as a platform to advocate for the removal of colonial vestiges and to challenge post-independence regimes that perpetuated colonial characteristics. The periodical was part of a broader intellectual movement that sought to reassert African identity and culture, influenced by earlier movements like Negritude.12

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Mongo Beti
In 1978 Beti launched Peuples Noirs/Peuples Africains (“Black Peoples/African Peoples”), a political and cultural bimonthly periodical devoted to the exposure and defeat of neocolonialism in Africa. An outspoken opponent of Ahmadou Ahidjo, who governed Cameroon from 1960 to 1982, Beti settled in France before Cameroon achieved independence in 1960;…
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In 1978 Beti launched Peuples Noirs/Peuples Africains (“Black Peoples/African Peoples”), a political and cultural bimonthly periodical devoted to the exposure and defeat of neocolonialism in Africa. An outspoken opponent of Ahmadou Ahidjo, who governed Cameroon from 1960 to 1982, Beti settled in France before Cameroon achieved independence in 1960;…
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