Martinique

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Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man, yet murder men everywhere they find them.

Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

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Topic

Europe Anti-imperialism

Author

Frantz Fanon

Source

The Wretched of the Earth

Genre

Anti-colonial literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fanon, Frantz. Les Damnes de la Terre [The Wretched of the Earth]. Francois Maspero, 1961, conclusion.

When I search for man in the technique and the style of Europe, I see only a succession of negations of man, and an avalanche of murders.

Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

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Topic

European imperialism Europe

Author

Frantz Fanon

Source

The Wretched of the Earth

Genre

Anti-colonial literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fanon, Frantz. Les Damnes de la Terre [The Wretched of the Earth]. Francois Maspero, 1961, conclusion.

I am black: I am the incarnation of a complete fusion with the world, an intuitive understanding of the earth, an abandonment of my ego in the heart of the cosmos.

Frantz Fanon

Black Skin, White Masks

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Topic

Being black

Author

Frantz Fanon

Source

Black Skin, White Masks

Genre

Anti-colonial literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fanon, Frantz. Peau noire, masques blancs [Black Skin, White Masks]. Editions du Seuil, 1952, ch. 2.

Life is short. Work is for those who will never be able to understand life. Idleness cannot degrade a man. To the discriminating eye it differs from laziness.

René Maran

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Topic

Taking it easy Idleness Laziness

Author

René Maran

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Maran, Rene. Batouala. Albin Michel, 1921, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Maran, Rene. Batouala, translated by Adele Szold Seltzer. Heinemann, 1988, ch. 1.