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The Janus face of Pan-Africanism

Janus is the two-faced Roman god of beginnings, endings and traditions. It’s month is represented by January and we are getting close to it now. Frantz Fanon, ideologue of the Algerian war of independence, called for violent revolution. Nelson Mandela, a descendent of the noble Tembu tribe in South Africa decided it could be achieved peacefuly. Mandela has just been enshrined in the pantheon of democracy. Fanon, whose strategy opened the door for him, is a forgotten martyr. It’s ...