Artists, writers and performers gathered for a festival celebrating contributions of Black peoples to world culture. Hosted under Léopold Sédar Senghor, it created an international stage for cultural affirmation. In a decolonial reading, such recognition challenged hierarchies that treated European culture as the universal standard, while the state-sponsored festival remained politically contested.
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How can the Dakar festival be understood within a decolonial approach?
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Celebrating Black cultural contributions challenged the assumption that European culture alone supplied universal standards.
The Dakar festival’s cultural recognition automatically ended economic dependence and racial hierarchy.
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Cultural affirmation challenged hierarchy but did not itself transform every institution.