The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday July 20th, 2023
Frantz Fanon: The New Humanism by Rene Wadlow
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) whose birth anniversary we mark on 20 July, was a French psychologist, writer, and participant in the Algerian struggle for independence (1954-1962). He was born in Martinique, then a French colony which now has the status of a Department of France. The bulk of the population are of African descent, having been brought to the West Indies as slaves. Although the basic culture is French, some in Martinique are interested in African culture, and as in Haiti, there are survivals of African religions, often incorporated into Roman Catholic rites.
In 1940 as France was being occupied by the German forces and a Right-Nationalist government was being created in the resort city of Vichy, sailors favorable to the Vichy government took over the island and created a narrow-nationalist, racist rule. Fanon, then 17, escaped to the nearby British colony of Dominica, and from there joined the Free French troops led by General De Gaulle. Fanon fought in North Africa and then in the liberation of France.
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Blowflies #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“They banged against
The wall like blowflies,
Trapped and doomed,
Desperate to escape,
For they were soulless”
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A fistful of cactus #62 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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