Fanon’s continuing presence and revolutionary Sudan

This article revisits Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary thought in light of the Sudanese revolution and its counter-revolution. Fanon’s insistence in The Wretched of the Earth that the struggle for freedom requires the demilitarisation of the army, decentralisation of the political party, and a revolutionary humanism based on genuine grassroots democratic decision-making, offers critical insights for Sudanese revolutionaries navigating military dictatorship, regional fragmentation and counter-revolution. Situating Sudan’s revolutionary project within Fanon’s framework, the article highlights the emergence of grassroots resistance committees and democratic forms of organising that embody Fanon’s call for popular sovereignty. In a Fanonian sense, the committees’ charters demand wealth redistribution and anti-extractivist politics, directly challenging both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, as well as international institutions complicit in sustaining the counter-revolution. By returning to Fanon’s concept of rehumanisation, the article underscores how colonial violence, and its neocolonial continuities, produce an ‘apocalyptic’ reality for the Sudanese people. At the same time, Fanon’s revolutionary humanism, centred on dignity, participation and collective responsibility, remains a vital resource

Colonialism · Democracy · Grassroots · Politics · Redistribution (election · Resistance (ecology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Political Conflict and Governance · South African History and Culture

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