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The wretched of the Earth

by Frantz Fanon, Richard Philcox, Jean-Paul Sartre, Homi K. Bhabha

This classic study analyses the psychology of the colonised, the role of violence in decolonisation, and the political challenges facing post-independence nations. It remains a key text for civil rights and anticolonial movements worldwide.

Accession 10415 ISBN 9780802141323 Publisher Grove Press
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