The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On National Consciousness and National Culture
Red Menace
African Unity Can Only Be Achieved Under Pressure
Fanon writes that colonialism, which the birth of African unity had trembling at its foundations, is now back on its feet. And it now undertakes to break with the will to unify by taking advantage of every weak link in the movement. By stoking these ethno-religious divides, the post-colonial nations are pitted against each other when they could instead be unifying. These divisions ultimately are a result of the national bourgeoisie trying to set up control and create their own profit centers according to Fanon.
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