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Latest Martinique News

France bids farewell to black pride poet Aime Cesaire (AFP)

AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to join mourners on Sunday at the state funeral of Aime Cesaire, a poet and pioneer of the black pride movement who died at age 94 in Martinique.

Aim� C�saire, Martinique Poet and Politician, Dies at 94
Mr. C�saire was an anticolonialist poet and politician who was honored throughout the French-speaking world and who was an early proponent of black pride.

Martinique-born Pognon challenges Americans
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique: Martinique-born European indoor 60 metres record holder Ronald Pognon, who now competes for France, is preparing to battle with American sprinters in order to gain full confidence ahead of this summer's World Championships in

Martinique poet Aime Cesaire dies at age 94 (AP)

AP - Aime Cesaire, a poet honored throughout the French-speaking world and a crusader for West Indian rights, has died at 94.

Martinique poet Aime Cesaire dies at 94 (AP)

AP - Aime Cesaire, a poet honored throughout the French-speaking world and a crusader for West Indian rights, has died at 94.

Caribbean poet Cesaire dies at 94
Poet and political activist Aime Cesaire dies in his native Martinique at the age of 94.

Aimé Césaire, Martinique poet, has died
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France called Césaire "a great poet" and a "great humanist." He also said Césaire was "a symbol of hope for all the oppressed."

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Country Information

Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a land area of 1,128 km². It is an overseas department of France. As with the other overseas departments, Martinique is also one of the twenty-six regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic. As part of France, Martinique is part of the European Union, the currency used is the euro. Its official language is French, although almost all of its inhabitants also speak Antillean Creole (Cr�ole Martiniquais). Martinique is pictured on all euro banknotes, on the reverse at the bottom of each note, right of the Greek ???? (EURO) next to the denomination.

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