Fondation Aimé Césaire

The Fondation Aimé Césaire is a project set up by the Institut Aimé Césaire des Lettres et des Arts des Amériques et de l’Afrique. This foundation is still in the process of creation. It is dedicated to valorising and transmitting the memory and work of Aimé Césaire in all its guises.

The actions of the Fondation Aimé Césaire concern the following principle elements:

• To collect, preserve and valorise all the different elements of Aimé Césaire's poetic and public work, notably his literary and poetic work, and the humanist and universal message that it communicates, as well as his political and public actions, which have taken many different forms
• To undertake and assist with research into this work
• To communicate the memory and philosophy of Aimé Césaire to future generations.

The Fondation Aimé Césaire supports or accompanies many projects, such as:

•     The acquisition and preservation of the literary works of Césaire (including speeches) etc.
•     The transformation of his office into a museum
•     The creation of a Musée de la Négritude (Museum of Negritude)
•     The maintenance of a center of studies and international research