Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man, yet… — Frantz Fanon · Skopia

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Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man, yet murder men everywhere they find them.

In the original French

Quittons cette Europe qui n’en finit pas de parler de l’homme tout en le massacrant partout où elle le rencontre.

The Wretched of the Earth · 1961

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Fanon, Frantz. Les Damnes de la Terre [The Wretched of the Earth]. Francois Maspero, 1961, conclusion.

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