World Philosophy Atlas
Fort-de-France
- Fort-de-France
Fort-de-France, capital of Martinique, was Aimé Césaire's base for most of his life. Born in Basse-Pointe in 1913, he went to secondary school in the town before moving to the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. Back in Martinique he taught at the Lycée Schoelcher from 1940 to 1945; his pupils included Frantz Fanon, who first met the philosophy of Négritude through him, and Édouard Glissant. In 1941 he and Suzanne Césaire, who also taught at the school, founded the journal Tropiques. Césaire was mayor of Fort-de-France for fifty-six years, from 1945 to 2001, and died in the city in 2008.
When
- 1940–2001 Négritude in Martinique From Césaire's teaching at the Lycée Schoelcher to the end of his time as mayor.
Schools and institutions
- Lycée Schoelcher Secondary school where Césaire taught from 1940 to 1945; his pupils included Frantz Fanon and Édouard Glissant.
- 1941 Tropiques Journal founded in 1941 by Aimé and Suzanne Césaire.
Thinkers
- Aimé Césaire 1913 – 2008taught here, 1940–1945 (Taught at the Lycée Schoelcher from 1940 to 1945.); worked here, 1945–2001 (Mayor of Fort-de-France for fifty-six years, with a brief break in 1983-84.); died here, 2008 (Died in Fort-de-France on 17 April 2008.)
- Frantz Fanon 1925 – 1961studied here (Born in Martinique in 1925; Césaire's pupil at the Lycée Schoelcher, through whom he first encountered the philosophy of Négritude.)
Sources: Britannica: Aimé Césaire · Assemblée nationale: Césaire, poète et politique · IEP: Frantz Fanon