Martinique
Capital · Fort-de-France
Birthplace of Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon — the island that handed the world Négritude and *Black Skin, White Masks*.
Martinique at a glance
- Capital
- Fort-de-France
- Region
- Eastern Caribbean · French overseas department
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Languages
- French · Antillean Creole
- Dialling code
- +596
- Status
- Territory or overseas department
The African connection
Césaire coined *négritude* as a student in Paris and came home to be mayor of Fort-de-France for over fifty years. Fanon, born here, went on to Algeria and wrote the book that armed a generation of anticolonial movements, including across Africa.
Key dates for Martinique
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Martinique and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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