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by
Ntongela Masilela
--Frantz Fanon
II
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70
III
and again:
v
Nevertheless, both Frantz Fanon and Jose carlos Maria-
tegui have left us a historical legacy which is profoundly
anti-inperialist, and inplacably universal, materialistic, in
helping a people's liberation from ecorx:mri.c, political, social
and cultural oppression; a historical legacy fran which devel-
ops a social and cultural cppression; a historical legacy from
whidl develops a social praxis which is an instrunent for li-
berating people fran the realm of necessity to the realm of
freeckm. Herein lies their historical significance for us to-
day.
Footnote:
1971, p. 72.
7. Ibid.' p.lOO.
9. Ibid. , p. 46.
17. The full text (the opening essay of the first issue of
Amauta) is cited by Jolm M. Baines, op. cit., p.64-66.
Our specific citation is on p.66.
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