NEGRITUDE

Negritude

(noun) an ideological position that holds Black culture to be independent and valid on its own terms; an affirmation of the African cultural heritage

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

negritude (countable and uncountable, plural negritudes)

The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness. [from 20th c.]

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 February 2025

PRESCRIPTIVE

(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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