He loved nice things. He said money bought him happiness. Can you point out this specific Frantz Fanon warning? He seems like an interesting guy, but I haven't read about him.
If you are not acquainted with Frantz Fanon and his ideas you are missing out big time. You can't understand the psyche of post colonial black Africa without reading this seminal author. He was from the former French colony of Martinique - West Indies. A revolutionary thinker and practitioner who has had a tremendous impact politically on the African liberation struggle both on the continent and in the diaspora. He trained as a psychiatrist. He systematically studied the psychology of the oppressed peoples, and the emerging social class formations in the ex colonies.
After reading his books you will understand why African political elites, and middle class aka the bourgeoise act the way they do, why they have no fealty to their countries (
stashing billions in Swiss banks, mansions in Europe, endless shopping sprees abroad) why they ape their former colonial overlords in everything from fashion to speech. The ostentatious lifestyle of Ginimbi will be understood in the prism of Fanon's work.
Read the
Wretched of the Earth & Black, White Masks as a start.