Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon was a French psychiatrist and political philosopher born in Fort-de-France, Martinique, in 1925. He studied medicine, literature, drama, and philosophy at the University of Lyon, qualifying as a psychiatrist in 1951. His work made critical contributions to post-colonial studies and critical theory, most notably 'Black Skin, White Masks' (1952) and 'The Wretched of the Earth' (1961). A Pan-Africanist, he supported the Algerian War of independence and joined the Algerian National Liberation Front.