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Frantz Fanon was born in Martinique, a French colony, in 1925. As a young man, he volunteered to fight in De Gualle's army for the liberation of France, and trained to become a doctor and psychiatrist. His experiences as a black man under French colonial rule had a profound effect on him. In 1952, he wrote Black Skin, White Masks, a powerful analysis of the effects of racism on the human psyche. He was later reassigned to a hospital in French...

A revelatory new biography of the writer-activist who inspired today's movements for racial liberationIn the era of Black Lives Matter, Frantz Fanon's shadow looms larger than ever. He was the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era, and his writings about race, revolution, and the psychology of power continue to shape radical movements across the world. In this searching biography, Adam Shatz tells the story of Fanon's stunning journey,...

What does it mean to be a politically committed writer?