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“Anti-Semitism hits me on the head: I am enraged, I am bled white by an appalling battle, I am deprived of the possibility of being man. I cannot disassociate myself from the future that is proposed for my brother.”

Quote by Frantz Fanon

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French psychiatrist and influential figure in the decolonization movement. Born in Martinique, Fanon was educated in France and worked as a psychiatrist in Algeria. His works, 'The Wretched of the Earth' and 'The Philosophy of the Revolution', have had a profound impact on postcolonial and liberation theories. more

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