Frantz Fanon's Philosophy of Violence and the Participation of Intellectuals in the Advancement of Social Liberation in Africa (original) (raw)

The objective of this article is to compare the philosophy of decolonization and violence of Frantz Fanon to social processes in the present African societies, and to determine how it might be applicable in addressing the social decay in Africa. In this article, it is observed that there is a seeming semblance between the Fanonian philosophy of violence and the operations of revolutionary groups in Africa. In conclusion, this article contends that in a philosophical analysis manner that African intellectuals and intelligentsia have the obligation and should involve themselves in guiding society to obtain freedom from oppressors.