The Colonized Intellectual

After World War II, the major European colonial powers were significantly weakened in every imaginable way. This helped lead to an unprecedented explosion of decolonial and national liberation movements across the global south. Fanon points out that for several decades prior to his writing the book, European researchers have rehabilitated African, Mexican, and Peruvian civilizations. But also notes that Europeans do not have to do this work as such are often surprised at the passion with which the colonized intellectual seeks to defend their culture.

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