Delegates

African students in the courtyard of the Sorbonne, Paris, c. 1956

50th Anniversary of the 1st International Congress of Black Writers and Artists

François N'Sougan Agblemagnon*
Gérard Bissainthe*
Bernard Dadié*
René Depestre*
Moune De Rivel*
Mamadou Dia* (representative)
Yandé Christiane Diop*
Marcelino Dos Santos*
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Edouard Glissant*
Paulin Joachim*
Jean-Robert Pitte
Maurice Quénet
Assane Seck*
Noureini Tidjani-Serpos
Wole Soyinka
Bachir Touré* (representative)
Abdoulaye Wade*

* Du Bois medalist