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fanon [ˈfænən] n RC Church 1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) a collar-shaped vestment worn by the pope when celebrating mass 2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (formerly) various pieces of embroidered fabric used in the liturgy [Middle English, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fano cloth] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the singer, who died on Christmas Day, did have a place in the Black Power pantheon, one far more interesting and inspiring than anything Fanon ever wrote. The writings of great revolutionaries such as Mao Tse-tung, Amilcar Cabral, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, and others were raising the consciousness of the oppressed masses throughout world. Moravia thereby upheld the grand twentieth-century tradition of vicarious authorial bloodlust, which inspired Jean-Paul Sartre to outdo even Frantz Fanon in his ravings against Western colonialism, and which moved Ben Hecht to delirious glee at the Stern Gang's massacres. |
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