That looks like Aimé Césaire’s gesture of these young Martinican who, on may 22 in Fort-de-France, have destroyed the two statues of abolitionist Victor Schœlcher ? “We have had enough, we, the youth from Martinique, to be surrounded by symbols that insult us “, rebelled two young girls, exposing the schœlchérisme. There are 172 years to the day, the slaves who had rebelled against the settlers pulled out their freedom in Martinique at the end of several days of violent riots. Barely a month earlier, on April 27, 1848, had been signed at Paris on the decree abolishing the esc…

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