Présence Africaine

Présence Africaine
Categoriesliterature, philosophy, African studies
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherPrésence africaine
FounderAlioune Diop
Founded1947 (1947)
First issueNovember 1947
CountryFrance
Based inParis
LanguageFrench (English abstracts)
Websitehttp://www.presenceafricaine.com
ISSN0032-7638

Présence Africaine (French for African Presence) is a pan-African quarterly cultural, political, and literary magazine, published in Paris, France, and founded by Alioune Diop in 1947. In 1949, Présence Africaine expanded to include a publishing house and a bookstore on rue des Écoles in the Latin Quarter of Paris. The journal was highly influential in the Pan-Africanist movement, the decolonisation struggle of former French colonies, and the birth of the Négritude movement.