His main works called the “Black Skins, White Masks’ (1952) and ‘The Wretched of the Earth’ (1961) made him a renowned contributor to post-colonial studies. However his take on post-colonialism is more of a psychological one. His works give emphasis to the colonized-colonizer relationship as a widely accepted way of thinking. It exposed racism at the core of the relationship and how the colonized people still put the interest of their colonizers first, even after they have been decolonized. His works influenced both Edward Said and Homi Bhabha.
Edward Said (1978)
The book ‘Orientalism’ (1978) by Edward Said is accepted as the first written work about post-colonial theory. Therefore he could be considered as the ‘father’ of the theory. His writings concentrated on the discovery and inquiry of artificial boundaries or stereotypes between the East and West, especially in relating both to the Middle East. Said concentrated on the stereotypes present in people from the Middle East. Paving the way to the discussion of the ‘us’-‘other’ mentality that most colonizers carry into their colonies. These simple generalizations are what actually misleads us to certain concepts of a particular people, and further causes us to miscommunicate with them, these two factors are the basis of post-colonial study.
R. Siva Kumar (1997)
Kumar curated an exhibit in 1997 called ‘Santiniketan: The Making of a Contextual Modernism’, it was also the 50th anniversary of India’s independence. This was an important date for post-colonial art as it signified a departure from Eurocentric modernism.
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•Nicholls, T. (n.d.). Frantz Fanon (1925—1961). Retrieved October 10, 2016, from http://www.iep.utm.edu/fanon/