Black Orpheus: Translated by S. W. Allen

Africa ancients sleep anthology authentic automatic writing black country black orpheus black poet black soul bottom brothers of color centuries Christianity colonist colonization common concepts cosmic creates Dakar dance dawn desire destroy dialectic Diop dreams earth essence Europe European Eurydice evokes exile existential attitude express fecundity feel fire flesh French language future Haiti Haitian heart human hurled intuition Lero liberty little steps lives Lucretius Mallarmé memory misery mystic Nature necessary negation Negro poetry night nocturnal non-being objective oppressed passion poem of Césaire poetic Port-au-Prince present pride profound proletariat prose pure race racial racism rapport revolt revolutionary rhythm Saint-Louis says Senghor sea liced secret Senegal sense sexual shadow silence skin slavery sole songs speak STANFORD STANFORD UNIVERSITY struggle subjective suffering surpass surrealism symbolizes take conscience techniques theme tom-tom Toussaint Louverture turns unity vegetal white culture white words white worker wishes woman