Cesaire’s rich and insightful adaptation draws on contemporary Caribbean society, the African-American experience and African mythology to raise questions about colonialism, racism and their lasting effects. Aime Cesaire, who was born in Martinique in 1913, is one of this century''s major writers. In his poetry, plays and political activities he has waged a lifelong struggle to restore dignity to colonized people. His best known work is Return to My Native Land first published in 1949 and his Collected Poems are published by the University of California Press.
^Cesaire, Aime (2015). A Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's the Tempest : Adaptation for a Black Theatre, Consortium Book Sales & Dist. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9781559362108 (revised Dec 2022)
^Aimé CésaireA Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest;' Adaptation for a Black Theatre, Theatre Communications Group/TGC Translations. Amazon. ISBN 9781559362108 (revised Nov 2014)
Cesaire's A TEMPEST wears its politics on its sleeve, and that can be grating even when its political message is agreeable with your own leanings. This is not a particularly subtle work, but it is of supreme importance to understanding a number of socio-political movements, especillly as they relate to the Carribean (though it reaches far beyond that limited geographic range in its implications). Order this in conjunction with Shakepeare's original, Dryden's rewrite, Rodo's ARIEL, Retamar's CALIBAN and perh..
Aime Cesaire wrote this variation of The Tempest from an Afrocentric, Carribean perspective. It is a magnificent achievement. Caliban becomes the hero as Cesaire advances a variety of different ideas. By changing the perspective, A Tempest explores a lot of issues like rascism and colonialism. Prospero becomes the Oppressor and Caliban is the Native wrongly robbed of his ancestral right to rule his own land. Ariel is reduced to something of an Uncle Tom. To his credit, Cesaire never allows any cha..
