![]() ![]() However, Fanon points out that in many places, traditional clan leaders, oracles, and medicine men who want to safeguard their influence in the community prefer to work with the colonial powers rather than local city dwellers who bring to the village such progressive ideas as atheism, modern medicine, and universal education. In contrast, it is the peasants who are the most dispossessed and dream of taking back their land from the settlers. Unlike the Western proletariat, which is the most organized and politically aware social class, urban wage workers in colonial countries are in a relatively privileged position. ![]() Additionally, Fanon contrasts the situation in a place, such as Algeria, to the one described by Friedrich Engels in 19th-century England. The second part, “Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness,” presents a well-rounded description of the various segments of colonial society and how they interact. ![]()
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