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If I have to choose between this book and Wretched of the Earth, which one should I go for? (Or should I read a biography?)
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Freda Patel
Go for “Wretched of the Earth.
Highly recommend it.
Highly recommend it.
Dania
Definitely Wretched of the Earth. It is a foundational text in postcolonial studies, and present discourse is very much shaped around the ideas he brings up, particularly in the chapter, On Violence.
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