Political Science: Algerian Nationalist Movement (Term Paper Sample)

Student’s Name Professor’s Name                                                                                                       Subject                                                                                                                                               Date It is a story which gives out the clear picture of what colonisation was. It gives out the clear picture of violence during the colonial period and the political systems which resulted after decolonization. Frantz Fanon developed this story after actively participating in the Algerian Nationalist Movement while fighting the French colonisation in Africa(Agathangelou). Then he predicts the failures and success of movements which tried to fight for independence. Besides, in his theory, he claimed women were excluded in most of this movements despite their crucial role during the decolonization process. He exposed the tricks which the French had adapted to trick Africans and exposed them. However, the French government tries to stop him by banning some of his books. Additionally, Fanon described the only way the French used to rule people was through violence, they justified their actions by claiming that the only way to rule people was by exercising your authority over them.   To begin with, Fanon portrays the ruling of the French as violent and biased. In that, they even justified their raping of women as violently satisfying their desires (Gibson). They treated Africans as animals and brainwashed their adolescents by teaching their cultures and twisting their tongues to behave and speak like them. For this reason, Fanon saw that the best way for decolonization is by violence. He went further to being a member of Algeria National Movement. Which was to fight for the rights of the Algerians who were being oppressed and neglected. However, according to me, this violence is not the best way to claim freedom since a great number of people lost their lives in the process and even the political structures which came thereafter were comprised of people who only wanted to satisfy their greedy appetite. To some extent, this form of leadership has not only affected the African relationship with other countries but also built some form of the hatred in this countries.   Secondly, from Gander and weakness of spontaneity”, this part deals a lot with nationalist parties. Fanon describes his Lumpenproletariat as a party which comprises of the middle-low-income earners below the working class. He thinks that by taking criminals, prostitutes, the homeless and the uneducated and putting them together they will help in liberating Algeria. Since the adolescents had been assimilated and were behaving as Europeans. He saw the learned as assimilated and brainwashed, therefore, they can't listen to his grievances and they can't fight for their country. However, he forgot that the Lumpenproletariat they cannot be led intellectually using written speeches. For Fanon, books were his platform of communication. So there was a communication barrier between him and the nationalist party. Similarly, several movements have made the similar mistake of ...