Colonizer and the Colonized
Author | : Albert Memmi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016-04-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 0285643398 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780285643390 |
Rating | : 4/5 (390 Downloads) |
Download or read book Colonizer and the Colonized written by Albert Memmi and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in 1957, when North African independence movements were gaining momentum, Memmi depicts colonialism as a disease of the European but crucially he demonstrates that colonialism destroys both the colonizer and the colonized. MemmiĆ¢__s penetrating insights into the colonial inheritance, and attempts to resist colonisation, remain as relevant today.