Frantz's Early Life:

--Born in Martinique, July 20, 1925

--Belonged to Middle-Class Society
--Was formatively taught to assimilate & identify with white French Culture over Negritude.
Left to assist in World War II in 1943, at 18, being conflicted by the two ideologies.
Studied at the University of Lyon, France after the War, pursuing Psychiatry and Medicine.
Here he encounter anti-black racism, which spurned him to publish an essay that would
later become his first book.
First Book : Black Skin, White Masks (Peau Noire, Masques Blancs)
--exemplified Frantz's rejection of, and nonconforming to, Racism inflicted by WhiteSupremacism OR The Reactions of blacks.
explained the Assimilation vs Negritude concept : ie, Why adopt white culture over ur own
--Introduced the topic of oppression of the colonised people
Frantz's Beliefs:
--Seemed to believe that no culture should be dictated to by another colony.
--Against the social inequality of black humans in a white human world
--Against the traumatising effects of alienation and negrification
--All men should be free and equal, and shouldnt have to debase each other to coexist
--No culture is superior or should claim autonomy.
Frantz's Late Life:
--in 1953: Assited French govt in Algeria as Chief of Psychiatry
left French govt in 1956, after he realised that they were not aligned with his goal to
promote decolonisation and race-equality
Devoted himself to Algeria's independence from France. Training nurses, and writing
political statements
--in 1959: He accepted a diplomatic post in Algeria, as Ambassador to Ghana. Using this
post to gain a supply route to through Ghana to aid Algeria in the revolt against France.
--He was diagnosed with Leukaemia whilst in Ghana, but despite his condition, he spent the
next 10 months writing the book that would become his magnum opus (his greatest work) :
Les Damns de la Terre (The Wretched of the Earth), an indictment of the violence and
savagery of colonialism which he ends with a passionate call for a new history of humanity
to be initiated by a decolonized Third World.
--He was brought to the United States by a C.I.A. agent, for treatment, but died two months
later, on December 6, 1961.
--His body was returned to Algeria for burial upon request.
Works Cited
Nicholls, Tracey. "Frantz Fannon (19251961)." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p., n.d.
Web. 23 Mar. 2016. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/fanon/>.