The colonized man is an envious man. And this is one of the reasons why the settler, in his heart of hearts, is always on the alert: 'They want to take our place.' It is true that there is no native who does not dream at least once a day of setting himself up in the settler's place.
— Frantz Fanon Modern

Postcolonial theory

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The Wretched of the Earth

Date / Period

1961

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Controversial

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