Comparative Identities: Exile in the Writings of Frantz Fanon and W. E. B. Du Bois

The question of political identity—of the mutual dependence and jeopardy that are the result of our engagement with the political world—has been greatly complicated in recent years by the sheer variety of terms in which it has been addressed. What is immediately striking about the current literature on identity is the growing need for interdisciplinary dialogue and comparative work.