Mabogo Percy More, Journal of Asian & African Studies
There is a huge
re-emergence of Frantz Fanon’s ideas and an equally huge interest in his work
in post-apartheid South Africa, both in the academy and social movement and
organizations. Contrary to some commentators, particularly his biographers,
this article aims to locate Fanon within the South African struggle for
liberation. It is argued here that Fanon, throughout his life, as evidenced by
his writings, was highly concerned about apartheid just as he was about French
Algerian colonialism. For him, the paper claims, apartheid was synonymous with
colonialism and therefore his critique of colonialism was just as much a
critique of apartheid. The resurgence of his name and ideas in the country is a
consequence of this critique.
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