The role of Marxism in the anti-colonial revolution in black Africa

This dissertation has two parts. The first is entitled Frantz Fanon: Theoretician of the Revolution against Colonialism; the second, The Theory and Praxis of Revolution against Portuguese Colonialism.;The first part deals with slavery in Africa and the Americas, and European colonialism in Africa. Consideration is given to the Marxist theories of revolution. The rise and spread of anti-colonial movements are examined. Many leaders of those movements were Marxist socialists.;This study presents Fanon's critique of racism and colonialism and analyzes his theories of the anti-colonial revolution.;The first part concludes with a brief exposition of Fanon's concept of the political structures in the liberated Africa.;The second part examines the anti-colonial revolution against Portuguese colonialism. Machel (for Mozambique), Neto (for Angola) and Cabral (for Guinea-Bissau) had formulated the theory and applied the praxis of the Marxist revolution against colonial domination. The absolute majority of the leaders of the revolution against Portuguese colonialism was Marxist. They saw colonial exploitation and oppression as the most flagrant examples of exploitation of man by man.;Marxism was a tool for analyzing the colonial exploitation and a lever for destroying the colonialist structures. After independence, Marxism supplied a blueprint for the creation of the new man and the construction of the new society in those three countries.;The second part concludes with a comparative study of the revolutionary theories of Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral.