Wretched Of The Earth

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This book is excellently WRITTEN in extremely lucid language. It's actual content is nothing you don't already know as an Indian, but to have Mr. Fanon articulate it so eloquently helps to reduce the load that we all bear. The chapter at the end about mental disease was an eye opener though, because no one can imagine that westerners' actions could be so shocking! Notably, Mr. Fanon doesn't really attempt to offer any SOLUTION to anything (barring a little here and there), but rather just offers a mirror to the inhabitant of a colonized society. It would have been much better if he had. I also have to disagree with his finding that a bourgeoisie in such a society ought not to be allowed to form, because then who is there to take the battle to the boardroom of the colonial power? (I am a member of such a bourgeoisie myself)On the whole this book should be read by all members of a society like ours, specifically so that they can come up with the solutions that Mr. Fanon didn't give them.

This book by Frantz Fanon is relevant today. The context of the book is Algeria and French colonialism, so it is interesting for anyone studying French colonialism in Algeria. However, the lessons are timeless.Many countries suffered from colonialism and continue to struggle to find their national character in the post-colonial world.Franz Fanton's writing, while balanced, conceals deep anger. There is anger he directs at the colonialists and towards native people who copy the colonialists and exploit their fellow citizens.The last chapter, in which he talks about some of the mental problems arising from colonialism, is powerful.The conclusion calls for his citizens to find themselves and not copy their old masters.This book is brilliant and relevant today.

Reading Franz Fanon at this point in time for me, puts the current history and politics of many erstwhile colonies or countries with a new found freedom, into perspective. I read the book in the hope of getting a clearer picture of the current situation in South Africa, where the politics of apartheid South Africa disintegrated, only to be replaced by an ineffective, inefficient government, that is voted into power again and again.Two passages from the book that brought goosebumps and still ring so true even more than 50 years since they were published:"This party that used to call itself the servant of the people, which used to claim that it worked for the full expression of the people's will, as soon as the colonial power puts the country into its control, hastens to send the people back to their caves"p147" These heads of the government are the true traitors in Africa, for they sell their country to the most terrifying of all its enemies: stupidity"p148In a global scenario in which the economic power has shifted to a hand full of countries in the world, many of them once colonial, where do the poor go? Who will take care of their futures? Are questions that leaders need to answer. Perhaps they need to reread Fanon.

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A good read, ruined by terrible printing. There were misprints and the quality of the paper used is comparable to newsprint. Very disappointing.Fanon is an OK writer, just worst and alliterative.

This book describes the decolonisation process and its various outcomes in a concise manner.