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Delegates

1956 1st International Congress of Black Writers and Artists

Chief organizer: Alioune Diop* (1956 editor, Presence Africaine)

Angola
Abbé P. Andrade
M. Lima

Barbados
P. Blackman
George Lamming***

Belgian Congo (Now DRC)
Antoine-Roger Bolamba

Bresil
Tiberio

Cameroon
Pastor Thomas Ekollo*
Sengat Kuo
Benjamin Matip
Nyunai
Ferdinand Oyono**

Cuba
W. Carbonnel

Dahomey (Now Benin)
N. Damz
Paulin Joachim**
Paul Hazoumé*

French Equatorial Africa (Now Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville)
Paul Tchibamba

Guadeloupe
P. Mathieu
A. Rival
-Moune de Rivel

Haiti
Jacques-Stephen Alexis*
-Gerard Bissainthe*
-Rene Depestre
Albert Mangones*
Emmanuel C. Paul*
R. Piquion
Jean Price-Mars*
E. Saint-Lot

India
Cedric Dover*

Ivory Coast
B. Dadié**

Jamaica
Marcus James*
J. Holness

Madagascar
E. Andriantsilaniarivo*
Jacques Rabemananjara*
F. Ranaivo

Martinique
Louis Thomas Achille*
-Aimé Césaire***
Frantz Fanon*
Edouard Glissant**

Mozambique
Marcelino Dos Santos**

Niger
B. Hama

Nigeria
Ben Enwonwu*
L.A. Fabunmi
Ebenezer Lasebikan*
J. Vaughan

Senegal
Mamadou Dia**
Cheikh Anta Diop*
David Diop
Diop O. Socé
Assane Seck**
Léopold Sédar Senghor*
Bachir Touré**
Abdoulaye Wade***

Sierra Leone
Davidson Nicol*

South Africa
G. Sekote

Soudan (Now Mali)
Amadou Hampaté Bâ*
A. Wahal

Togo
François N'Sougan Agblemagnon**

USA
Horace Mann Bond*
M. Cook
J.A. Davis
William Fontaine*
James Ivy*
Richard Wright*

*conference lecturer ** 2006 Congress delegate