Gratien Candace
Guadeloupean politician
Died when: 79 years 114 days (951 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gratien Candace (December 18, 1873 in Baillif, Guadeloupe – April 11, 1953 in Lormaye, France) was a politician from Guadeloupe who served in the French Chamber of Deputies from 1912 to 1942 and served as vice-president of the French Chamber of Deputies from 1938 to 1940.
He retired from French politics in 1940, declining to become part of the Vichy regime.Candace attended the First Pan-African Congress, Paris, February 19–22, 1919.
African-American historian and Pan-Africanist W.E.B.Du Bois faulted Candace harshly for a perceived lack of commitment to the interests of the African diaspora, writing "Candace is virulently French.
He has no conception of Negro uplift, as apart from French development." He earned a degree in science at the University of Toulouse and later taught as a professor and was a founder of the École nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer (ENFOM) and the .
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