FROM HARLEM THROUGH NÉGRITUDE TO BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
FROM HARLEM THROUGH NÉGRITUDE TO BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the specific process of transfer and transition of ideas,thoughts, and actions on Pan-African cultural, social, and economic liberation by looking into the connection andinfluence between the different movements of the Harlem Renaissance, the Négritude, and the Black is beautifulmovement. The movements are rooted in the African awakening and the African diaspora’s engagement with thePan-African ideas of liberation of Africa, dismantling of white supremacy, and the economic and socialempowerment of Black people. This is a vast and complex process of intellectual and cultural exchange thatspreads beyond one continent and consecutively and simultaneously across Africa, Europe, and America. Bydrawing on cultural transfer theory and the theory of entangled history, we will see how the impulses of the culturaland social movements on the advancement of Africans and African heritage show a steady personal and collectivetransformation and progress. It showed that the movement to raise awareness of one’s racial identity, uniqueness,and beauty is fluid and fluent. Тhe birth of an idea can lead to a chain of spontaneous cultural formations acrosstime and space, leaving artifacts as testimonies.

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