The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon (1925-61) was a Martinique-born black psychiatrist and anticolonialist intellectual. The Wretched of the Earth is considered by many to be one of the canonical books on the worldwide black liberation struggles of the 1960s. Within a Marxist framework, using a cutting and nonsentimental writing style, Fanon draws upon his horrific experiences working in Algeria during its war of independence against France. He addresses the role of violence...