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  • Essay / Anticolonial Revolution In Frantz Fanon's Les Misérables...

    The emergence of Africana-humanist thought and Fanonian philosophy in the late 1960s is arguably one of the most important ideological developments ever to occur in the evolution of African political progress. . Considered a revolutionary way of thinking, it emerged at a time when above-ground black political activity was virtually non-existent in Africa, following the suppression of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) by racist colonial governments. . . The alienation of colonized youth from the dominant white colonial society found concrete expression in the works of scholars such as Frantz Fanon. In his book The Wretched of the Earth, Fanon's superb intellectual manuscript adheres to the praise of the anti-colonial revolution. First published in French in 1961, then translated into English in 1963, Fanon's book contributed to a shift in discourse that helped change perceptions of Africa. Published at a time of fluctuating political power, it overshadowed many liberal analyzes of African independence produced at the time. Many revolutionaries advocated the adoption of a radical political ideology, which borrowed major elements from the pioneering writings of Fanon. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate the dynamic connection between Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and the issue of political apathy. Observing with a critical and suspicious eye the charade that played out between colonial powers and colonized peoples, Fanon used his experience in the treatment of Algerian mental disorders. Patients can comment on the therapeutic effects of revolutionary violence on the brainwashed minds of the colonized. Apparently concerned about the well-known side effects of colonialism, an underlying theme of Fa...... middle of paper ......ent who declares his intention to politicize the people expresses his desire to rule with the people and for the people” (Fanon 1963: 124). In the struggle for total liberation, Fanon advocated the use of all means, including violence, to achieve this goal. There is no doubt that in all national liberation struggles, the secret of success lies mainly in the spirit, where all revolutions are born and nourished. This is Fanon's message, conveyed so effectively and powerfully in The Wretched of the Earth. His revolutionary ideas were indeed anchored in countless anti-colonial movements; Brandishing a central message to oppressed and exploited peoples, Fanon placed great importance on the colonized breaking their chains, cleansing their politically apathetic minds, and embarking on the struggle for total liberation...