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	Podcast:		France in focus
	Episode:		French overseas territories: Martinique's Creole melting pot
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:12:18
	Publish Date:		2025-03-28 17:19:46
	Description:		In France's overseas departments, Creole language and culture are seen as a bulwark against racism and standardisation. The concept of "Créoleness" was developed in the late 1980s, in the wake of Aimé Césaire's writings on Négritude and Edouard Glissant's notion of "Antillanité", or a specifically Caribbean identity. Our reporters Florence Gaillard and Georges Yazbeck travelled to Martinique to hear from those who embody this complex identity.
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