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A Dying Colonialism
by: Frantz Fanon

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 961
EAN: 9780802150271
ISBN: 0802150276
Label: Grove Press
Manufacturer: Grove Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 181
Publication Date: January 14, 1994
Publisher: Grove Press
Sales Rank: 55610
Studio: Grove Press

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In this illuminating book, Frantz Fanon reveals the various ways in which the people of Algeria, during the revolution, changed their centuries-old patterns of culture, or, conversely, embraced certain ancient forms of culture, or , conversely, embraced certain forms of culture long derided by their colonist oppressors as 'primitive' in order to destroy their oppressors.

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- 45 years after, what are the results?
The results of this glorious de-colonisation is that since the french have left --over 250.000 Algerians have died, women and children included, and the ones that can afford it all moved back to France,with the "oppressors."... While the Pieds Noirs have thrived wherever they have landed.

PS: I am wondering if the authors of this book ever were in Algeria,I doubt it somehow?

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- A Voice of the Voiceless
"A Dying Colonialism" is one of the lesser known books by Franz Fanon, the other better known works being "Black Shin, White Masks"-"Peau noir, masques blancs" (1952) and "The Wretched of the Earth" - "les damn?s de la terre (1961)". Fanon was born on the French colony of Martinique, a descendant of African slaves, who had been brought to the Caribbean to work on the island's sugar plantations.

In this book, Fanon espouses his beliefs and ideas that it is only through violent revolution that colonial repression and cultural trauma in the Third World can be ended. He argued that violence is a cleansing force which frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction, making him fearless and restoring his self-respect.

In his teenage years, Fanon was politically active and participated in the guerrilla struggle against the supporters of the pro-Nazi French Vichy ... Read More

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- Frantz Fanon: Voice of the Third World
To Frantz Fanon, scientist, revolutionary, hero, belongs the most eloquent voice of the era of decolonization. What is striking about the writing of Fanon is its beauty even in translation. Its compassionate humanism shines through even when he calls for armed struggle against the torturers and executioners of French imperialism.

This book was originally published, I believe, as "Year Five of the Algerian Revolution." This revolution, which beganon Nov. 1, 1954 and ended in 1962, became the archetype of anti-colonial revolt purely as a result of Fanon's record of it.

Unfortunately, the Algerian, who had suffered under French domination for 130 years, was outmatched --- but not hopelessly outmatched --- by the French occupying forces. Over 1 million Algerians died in the struggle to give birth to a free Algeria, but only 15000 French soldiers. Fanon writes about the cultural transformations ... Read More

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- Strident, but valuable.
Though I find his anticolonialist views a bit over-vitriolic at times, there's a very interesting piece entitled "This is the Voice of Algeria." It details how the radio went, in Algeria, from being a social embarassment (for Western integrated views on sexual morality and culture, as integrated into the programming were not appreciated) to being the life-giving source of information in just a few years. It also details the French government's attempts to curtail this cultural association by banning the sale of radios and even spare batteries. Moreover, a cautionary tale; though we think we are past censorial press licensing and such, the current restrictive policies on encryption software seem a similar attempt to prevent dissemination of the tools of speech and association.

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