![]() The centre of Fanon’s argument is that violence serves two purposes, firstly, to destroy the colonial system especially when one side is more dominant, carrying all the power and weapons and secondly, to serve as a psychological tool. For Fanon “ Decolonolism is always a violence phenomenon” (p.35). This, he believed, would give societies the political and moral authority to free themselves by any means necessary. Fanon argues that “ you fight fire with fire” since colonialism was instigated and enforced by force. The beginning of the book is associated with violence. ![]() It was his personal experiences of racism, colonialism and the imperial domination of global powers that directly influenced his contribution to the subject. He was born and bred in the French colony Martinique in 1925. ![]() Frantz Fanon was a prominent theorist and writer. ![]() Fanon also portrays an image that colonialism is both created and sustained by violence and can only be destroyed by violence. This book also highlights how colonialism dehumanised the native (colonised) and the explicit need for a violent response to overthrow colonialism through any means necessary. In this remarkable book, Frantz Fanon analyses the effects of colonialism on societies by examining the process of decolonisation and psychoanalysis of the independence movements around the globe. ![]()
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