Mayotte Capécia

Lucette Céranus Combette (17 February 1916 – 24 November 1955), known by her pen name Mayotte Capécia was a writer from Martinique. She is best known for her novel ''I Am a Martinican Woman'' (French: ''Je suis martiniquaise''), published in 1948, which was the first book published in France by a woman of color.

Her work was brought to public attention primarily due to Frantz Fanon's critiques of her novels in his 1952 book ''Black Skin, White Masks'', in which he denounced them for demonstrating self-hatred and valorizing whiteness. Later critics have reconsidered Fanon's criticism, interpretations of Combette's novels, their significance to Caribbean literature, the extent to which Combette's writing is autobiographical, and the authorship of her novels. Her writing has been reread from a feminist perspective, with Lizbeth Paravisini-Gebert considering it to be foundational in the development of Caribbean feminist literature. Provided by Wikipedia