The Wretched of the Earth

“Get this into your head: if violence were only a thing of the future, if exploitation and oppression never existed on earth, perhaps displays of nonviolence might relieve the conflict. But if the entire regime, even your nonviolent thoughts, is governed by a thousand-year old oppression, your passiveness serves no other purpose but to put you on the side of the oppressors.”

It is inevitable that the colonized use violence to rid themselves of their colonial oppressors. [..] We must realize that it is our own violence that comes back to haunt us.

Illustration for The Wretched of the Earth’s book review, shortlisted by Booooooom’s illustration awards 2024.