Violence: The Use Of Decolonization In On Violence By Fanon

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In chapter one, “On Violence”, Fanon’s central claim that runs throughout the book is the way in which decolonization is “always a violent event” (1). Fanon explains that decolonization is a verification of the words, “the last shall be first” (2). However, violence is necessary for the colonized people to use in decolonization because the colonial power rules by violence. Violence is the only means that the native peoples have a conceptual understanding of (6). The colonial world is a “hostile, oppressive and aggressive world, bulldozing the colonized masses” (16). Thus, there is an inevitable emergence of violence against colonialism (17). The colonized man will eventually discover his humanity. He will become aware of his equality to the