Nicomedes Santa Cruz: la formación de un intelectual público afroperuano

• Autor: Aguirre, Carlos
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2013
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/10528
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/historica/article/view/10528
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Nicomedes Santa Cruz; Public intellectual; Negritude; African Diaspora; Black culture; intelectual público; negritud; afrodescendientes; cultura negra

This article reconstructs the trajectory of Nicomedes Santa Cruz, one of the foremost Afro-Peruvian intellectuals of all times, whose presence in the public scene transcended a purely artistic ambit and extended to the terrain of social and political criticism. Nicomedes Santa Cruz was a public intellectual whose multifaceted work addressed the most pressing themes of his time: he was a critic of racism, imperialism and social inequality; he supported the Cuban Revolution; he committed himself to the reforms of the Juan Velasco Alvarado regime; and he promoted international solidarity. Likewise, he tried to combine a commitment to socialism with a defense of Afro-Peruvian culture and rights.