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Frantz Omar Fanon was an Martinican psychiatrist and political philosopher born in Martinique. His works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies and critical theory. As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical and Pan-Africanist, concerned with the psychopathology of colonization and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization.
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science · French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925-1961) · writer · philosopher · psychiatrist · essayist · sociologist · politician · physician · also Frantz Fanon, Frantz Omar Fanon, Ibrahim Fanon, Ibrahim Omar Fanon, Fanon
Born 20 July 1925 · Died 6 December 1961 · Q193670
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“What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.”
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Raúl Zibechi argued that Fanon had become a key figure for the Latin American left
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Bobby Seale, the Chairman of the BPP, published a collection of recorded observations made while he was incarcerated entitled Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P
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Shortly after Carmichael left the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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Died 1961-12-06.
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The CIA arranged a trip under the promise of stealth for further leukemia treatment at a National Institutes of Health facility
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And is one of Fanon's most important works
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Fanon did a residency in psychiatry at Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole under the radical Catalan psychiatrist François Tosquelles, who invigorated Fanon's thinking by emphasizing the role of culture in psychopathology
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Fanon started a relationship with Michèle Weyer, a medical student, who soon became pregnant
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Born 1925-07-20.
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