And it is white.” At the time of publication, Fanon had just turned 27.
In his first book, Black Skin, White Masks (1952), Fanon reflects on coming of age in a world, where, “For the black man there is only one destiny. Upon continuing his studies in post-war France, he came face to face with the racism that dominates the European world. Forced to join a segregated column of Black troops, he fought in World War II. As long as white supremacy and neocolonialism remain in the driver’s seat of human relations, Fanon’s thought will continue to arm the colonized in the Battle of Ideas.īorn and raised in what is still France’s Caribbean island colony of Martinique, Fanon was exposed to and shaped by the everyday class and race relations that characterized the island in the early 20th century. Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passing of one of the greatest thinkers to have emerged from the ranks of the oppressed, Frantz Fanon (1925-1961).įanon’s contributions are timeless. It was I, even I, and I told him so, the good slave, the faithful slave, the slave of slaves, and suddenly his eyes were like two cockroaches, frightened in the rainy season… I struck, and the blood spurted that is the only baptism that I remember today.” -Aimé Césaire The master’s room was brilliantly lit, and the master was there, very calm… and our people stopped dead… it was the master… I went in.
Frantz Fanon’s 60th death anniversary is an occasion to explore the impact of the Martiniquais writer and psychiatrist, who has influenced many a revolutionary with his study of the psychology of the oppressed.Įditor’s Note: The following is the writer’s analysis.
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