Manuel Zapata and the Inclusive Nation

Abstract

The experiences of the writer Manuel Zapata Olivella, his political stance in defense of our own, his management activity in Letras Nacionales, his perception of race and Identity, and his legacy as a teacher gives him a place of prominence in universal literature anchored to sociocultural and epistemological processes in vanguard. The article presents the writer, and the whole of his writings, as one of our most consistent protesters against the colonial power and the defense of Colombian art and culture.