Born OTD in 1925, French West Indian psychiatrist, political philosopher, revolutionary, & writer from the French colony of Martinique, Frantz Fanon. Fanon’s works are influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory & Marxism. Philosopher, psychoanalyst, politician, propagandist, prophet…although difficult to categorize, Fanon is one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century & one of our most powerful writers on race & revolution. The book opens with a biography, following Fanon from his birthplace of Martinique through combat in World War II & education in France, to his heroic involvement in the fights for Algerian independence & African decolonization.