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The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On National Consciousness and National Culture

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The Wretched of the Earth by Fanon

The wretched of the earth is a concrete example of exactly this sort of combat literature. Fanon himself was not merely a writer, but he's also an organizer and a fighter with the Algerian National Liberation Front. This book itself emerged, as Sartre even said, from action and process. I think this fact must be internalized if one wants to fully understand the importance and beauty of this work.

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