Frantz Fanon

by Leo Zeilig (Compiler), Leo Zeilig (Contributor)

This book is part of a unique series that presents the reader with the original writings and relevant source texts of liberation heroes of Africa, together with a coherent contextual framework and analysis of their legacy.

Genres: Politics

287 pages, Paperback

Published October 15, 2014

About the author

Leo Zeilig is a researcher and writer of books on African politics and history. His books include a biography of Patrice Lumumba, Africa's Lost Leader (Haus Books, 2008) and a history of social movements on the continent, Revolt and Protest (I. B. Tauris, 2012). His most recent non-fiction book is a biography of Frantz Fanon, Philosopher of Third World Liberation (I.B Tauris, 2016). Leo is currently working on a study of Thomas Sankara. Eddie the Kid is his first novel and his second, An Ounce of Practice. has just been published by HopeRoad.

Reviews

[Ishan Daya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was really well compiled and serves as a great primer for Fanon and his thinking. It is almost frightening how he clear of a vision/warning he held of what the future could look like should nations pass from liberation to neo-liberalism. This feels like a book that I’ll need to reread a few times to feel like I’ve actually absorbed the material!

He talks about how political education and social consciousness must be prioritized in order for countries to successfully shift away from the slippery slope on nationalism/ultra-nationalism, and without that, how power can become concentrated again, and the national bourgeoise could become power players, capital extractors, and conductors of neocolonialism in place of white colonialism. Reallllllly excited to fully read Wretched of the Earth (this compilation pulls a few chapters from it) now that it’s been teased out!!