http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/african-studies Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:36:07 -0400 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:36:07 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/614/implicit-negritude-in-the-dark-child By Miles G. Kellerman - In James Kirkup and Ernest Jones’ English translation of Camara Laye’s 1953 autobiography, The Dark Child, there is a significant stylistic decision in the final sentence. Kirkup and Jones’ version reads: “Later on I felt something hard when I put my hand in my pocket. It was the map of the métro…” (Laye 188). Laye wrote the memoir in French, and the final sentence reads as such in the original version: “Plus tard, je sentis une épaisseur sous ma main: le plan du métro gonflait ma poche” (Laye 174, French edition). Kirkup and... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:09 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/614/implicit-negritude-in-the-dark-child