Portrait of Frantz Fanon

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Frantz Fanon

1925 – 1961

French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)

  • Martinique
  • Caribbean
  • Postcolonial Theory
  • decoloniality
  • Literary Theory
UGC NET importance

About

Frantz Omar Fanon was a French West Indian psychiatrist and political philosopher from the French colony of 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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Life on the Timeline

1925 – 1961
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Major Works

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