By Bhakti Shringarpure. In a candid interview, Olivier Fanon reflects on the legacy of his father Frantz Fanon at 100 years and speaks intimately about his late mother, Josie.
I wish we all really more from Fanon about the impact of colonialism, settler colonialism, and afterwards... , and what kind of societies, states...we should have.
"For eight years you have been in this country. And no part of this enormous wound has held you back in
any way." - "Towards an African Revolution", Fanon. He did not accept abandoning the fight because it was hard or refusing to physically engage with decolonization on a personal level. These words inspire me every day to be part of my community and to act over being an observer.
I wish we all really more from Fanon about the impact of colonialism, settler colonialism, and afterwards... , and what kind of societies, states...we should have.
Hello there, you share interesting work friend I must say.
I’ve been on substack a little over a month now, and my work has been taken phenomenally.
As a thank you, I wanted to give away a historic book from my collection:
“Newsman’s Interpreter”
Wrote by Laurence Echard, and I’ll be giving away the 1741 edition.
I just wanted to drop a comment, to mention it, in case your interested!
"For eight years you have been in this country. And no part of this enormous wound has held you back in
any way." - "Towards an African Revolution", Fanon. He did not accept abandoning the fight because it was hard or refusing to physically engage with decolonization on a personal level. These words inspire me every day to be part of my community and to act over being an observer.