Frantz Fanon is best known as one of the leading twentieth-century political thinkers and
activists against colonialism and imperialism and as the author of the iconic book Wretched of
the Earth. Leo Zeilig here details the life of Fanon - from his upbringing in Martinique to his
wartime experiences and work in Europe and North Africa - and frames his ideas and activism
within the greater context of his career as a practising psychiatrist and his politically
tumultuous surroundings. The book covers the period of the Algerian War of Independence
national liberation and what Fanon described 'the curse of independence'. Highlighting Fanon's
role as the most influential theorist of third-world liberation this book is an essential work
for students academics and general readers.
