Paul Niger
Paul Niger (21 December 1915 – 22 June 1962) was a poet and political activist from Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. He was born Albert Béville, but Niger's passion for Africa led him to take the pen name of the great African Niger River. His major theme was Africa and the pride that he felt in being a descendant of Africans.
Also recorded as Albert Béville · Albert Beville
Paul Niger
- Full name
- Albert Thomas Gaston Béville.
- Born
- 1915. · Basse-Terre.
- Died
- 1962. · Deshaies.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer, poet and journalist.
- Education
- École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer.
- Honours
- Croix de guerre 1939–1945.
- Languages
- French.
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According to the Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature, Niger completed secondary studies at the Lycée Carnot in the town of Pointe-à-Pitre. Later on, during World War II, he travelled to Paris to attend the École de la France d’Outre-mer, a school established to train colonial officers. Niger was a supporter of the Négritude, a black consciousness movement founded by Aimé Césaire, Léon-Gontran Damas, and Léopold Senghor (early to mid 1900s). Jones, publisher of Voices of Negritude (1971), described Niger's poetry as, “at once violent and tender, like the land of his ancestors”. Niger was one of those killed in the crash of Air France Flight 117.
Paul Niger studied at École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer. The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are Croix de guerre 1939–1945.
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