[REVUE] La Revue du monde noir, Paris: Éditions de la Revue mondiale, [1931]. -2 issues in-4, stapled. Set of the first two issues of this bilingual (French-English) politico-cultural journal founded by West Indian sisters Paulette and Jeanne Nardal and Dr. Léo Sajous. Their ambition was to: "To give the intellectual elite of the Black race and friends of Blacks an organ in which to publish their artistic, literary and scientific works. To study and publicize, through the press, books, conferences and courses, everything to do with BLACK CIVILIZATION and the natural riches of Africa, the thrice-sacred homeland of the Black Race. To create between Blacks throughout the world, without distinction of nationality, an intellectual and moral bond that will enable them to know each other better, to love each other fraternally, to defend their collective interests more effectively and to illustrate their race [...] By this means, the Black Race will contribute, along with the elite of other Races and all those who have received the light of truth, beauty and goodness, to the material, intellectual and moral perfection of humanity" (number 1). "This bilingual (French-English) magazine, a forum for the black intelligentsia, an organ for disseminating their various productions and a means of strengthening the ties of the black diaspora, is indeed a new stone added to the building of an Afro-Caribbean intellectual field in Paris" (Buata B. Malela, "Les Écrivains afro-antillais à Paris (1920-1960)", 2008, p. 112) The magazine had only 6 issues, which, although advertised as monthly, appeared irregularly. The first two were published at the end of 1931, the first undated and the second dated December 1931. They include contributions from Émile Sicard, Louis Thomas Achille (a negro-spiritual singer of Martinican origin), the poet Étienne Léro, the diplomat and ethnologist Jean Price-Mars, Léo Sajous, Louis-Jean Finot, etc. Small tear on the edge of the leaves of the first issue. Rusty traces of glue on the cover of the second issue.