Fanon’s cultural nationalism was tactical, a stage toward pan-African socialism

Evidence

Fanon’s emphasis on the epidermalization of racist discourse, on the way it “gets under the skin” and undermines the integrity of the black bodily ego, plus his advocacy of revolutionary violence as a means of disalienation, has led many cultural commentators, especially in the USA, to see him as a pioneer and champion of black identity politics. Fanon undoubtedly saw himself as a cultural nationalist, albeit in a largely tactical sense it was, he believed, a necessary stage along the road to pan-African socialism. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1345

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes Fanon’s strategic, stage-theory cultural nationalism from black identity politics positions that claim him.
• XREF: Sharpens how the vault characterizes Fanon’s relationship to identity politics and cultural nationalism.