At the level of individuals, violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect.
— Frantz Fanon Modern

Postcolonial theory

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The Wretched of the Earth

Date / Period

1961

Category

Controversial

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