[ad_1] Aimé Césaire’s essay, Discourse on Colonialism, accuses European colonialists of oppressing colonized peoples through racism and classism. He argues that colonialism was self-centered and not benevolent, and criticizes humanist approaches to it. Césaire believes that pre-colonial societies were more communitarian and egalitarian. The essay has been called a “declaration of war” on colonialism and […]