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Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon. A Black Nationalist. 1925-1961. Background. Born and raised in 1925 on the Caribbean island of Martinique “Middle Class” family Born with a “mixed” family background Sent to the prestigious Lycée Schoelcher for schooling Grew up around colonized African Americans

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Frantz Fanon

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  1. Frantz Fanon A Black Nationalist 1925-1961

  2. Background • Born and raised in 1925 on the Caribbean island of Martinique • “Middle Class” family • Born with a “mixed” family background • Sent to the prestigious LycéeSchoelcher for schooling • Grew up around colonized African Americans • Believed everyone had the right to speak and act freely, despite their race • Fought to end colonization around the world and liberate the colonized

  3. Works • Four Published Books: • Black Skin, White Masks • 1952 • A Dying Colonialism • 1952 • The Wretched of the Earth • 1963 • Toward the African Revolution • 1969

  4. Black Skin, White Mask (1952) • Expressed his feelings about the inadequacy that blacks were feeling at the time living in a predominately white world • Talked about the fact that there are many potential scholars in the black community without the means to pursue their dreams • Argues that the unjust relationship between colonized and colonizer should not be acctpted as “normal” any longer

  5. The Wretched of the Earth(1963) • Said to be the most “famous” of Fanon’s works and the most significant book ever written on the topic of decolonization • Speaks about Algerian efforts to break away from colonial rule • Illustrated the effects that colonization has on the colonized and the violence necessary in order for them to stay alive • “[The colonized are] being threatened from all sides; impossible to forget for an instant the need to keep up one’s defenses” (The Wretched of the Earth, Homi K. Bhabha, vii).

  6. Fanon’s Death • Stricken with leukemia and traveled to the Soviet Union for treatment • Continued to make speeches and speak out about his passion whenever and wherever he could • Last treatments given in the United States • Died on December 6, 1961 in Bethesda, Maryland • Survived by his wife and two children; a son and daughter

  7. Conclusion • Frantz Fanon was, and will remain to be a major part of the Black Nationalism movement. • Fanon was not only a noted scholar and wonderful speaker, but also a humanitarian dedicated to the liberation of colonized people around the world. • He saw the importance of violence in the fight for freedom; something that most could not. • Frantz Fanon will be remembered as an amazing asset to the black’s, and overall human’s, struggle for freedom and individual independence.

  8. “In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself.” -- Fratnz Fanon

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