Decolonisation

Glissant’s right to opacity is not poetic licence—it’s a refusal of colonial legibility.

Fanon diagnosed colonialism as a mental illness — and prescribed revolution as therapy.

Spivak exposed how even feminist theory silences subaltern women—by asking whether they can speak, she proved they cannot be heard.

It wasn’t one movement. It was a contested, evolving set of political efforts — some non-violent, some violent, all aimed at ending British rule.

Pan-Africanism built institutions — but never resolved who gets to sit at the table.

Said didn’t just critique Orientalism—he showed how literature serves empire.