The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On National Consciousness and National Culture
Red Menace
The National Bourgeoisie of the Colonizers
Fanon warns that we almost never see the national bourgeoisie take this progressive role. They end up setting themselves up as sort of middlemen between the new nation and western companies, he says. He expresses concern that conditions which follow independence do not really in fact unite Africans but often lead to regional competition and bigotry. So even though there might be these incredible aspirations of unity within the decolonial movement, if the national bourgeois are able to control the country they seize power for themselves.
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