"I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization."

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About Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon was a psychiatrist, political thinker, and anti-colonial writer whose work shaped postcolonial studies. His major books include Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth.

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