Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Omar Fanonwas a Martinique-born Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and writer whose works are influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism. As an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical, Pan-Africanist, and a Marxist humanist concerned with the psychopathology of colonization, and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth20 July 1925
CountryFrance
I made up my mind to laugh myself to tears, but laughter had become impossible.
Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.
A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves.
The living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.
Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.
The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.
We revolt simply because, for many reasons, # WeCantBreathe .
He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.
For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.
Mastery of language affords remarkable power.
There is a point at which methods devour themselves.
However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.
I feel my soul as vast as the world, truly a soul as deep as the deepest of rivers; my chest has the power to expand to infinity. I was made to give and they prescribe for me the humility of the cripple.
Every race will have disagreements amongst themselves, but we must put aside our differences, and work together for the advancement of that race" Sandra Forsythe