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13 Cesaire acknowledges the Hegelian foundation of his play: "[Caliban] est un heros positif exactement comme chez Hegel: c'est 1'esclave qui est le plus important, car c'est lui qui fait l'histoire" (Mbom 1979, 91). [Caliban is a positive hero just like in Hegel: it's the slave who is the most important, because it is he who makes history.]

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