Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- I, the man of color, want only this: That the tool never possess the man. That the enslavement of man by man cease forever. That is, of one by another. That it be possible for me to discover and to love man, wherever he may be. The Negro is not. Any more than the white man. Both must turn their backs on the inhuman voices which were those of their respective ancestors in order that authentic communication be possible. Before it can adopt a positive voice, freedom requires an effort at disalienation. (Fanon, 1986, p.231)

Fanon's ideological contributions recently reverberated at the Faculty of Social Science, University of Jos, where academics, activists, unionists, civil society actors, policymakers and students gathe...