To aid me in my discussion and to make my discussion clearer, I have come up with a concept map. I call this chart “Fanon’s Concept on National Culture.”
For Fanon, colonial domination is an enemy to the nation. Culture is the first expression of the nation, yet this culture “falls and dies away” under colonization. Culture brings along nationalism and if these two are gone, the nation will lose its consciousness. If national consciousness is killed, then the nation will eventually lose its national identity, which will bring the nation to a place in the globe. This is how serious colonial domination is to a nation.
To resolve the problem or to bring back national identity, Fanon suggests a basic philosophical, psychological concept. This concept can be summarized in the chart presented above. This shows how important nationalism and national culture are against national domination for national identity.
If the colonizers begin with the culture, national identity begins with it, too. It is implied in the essay that the national culture can be restored through encouraging the people to continue expressing themselves through literature and other forms of arts and crafts. These arts will then relive the culture they had and this will inscribe nationalism (a sense of one nation) in them. Once they have the sense of nationalism, they will fight against the colonizers. This struggle is necessary so that their culture won’t be eradicated again. For Fanon, such struggle and fight are normal for the nation to regain its national consciousness. Eventually, this consciousness will lead the nation to its identity, putting it as a part of history and an acknowledge nation in the globe.
Thus, the national culture and nationalism in the fight against colonial domination function as indispensable primary steps to achieve national identity.
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