Black Skin, White Masks

Fanon's pivotal work on race and racism, available here as a "Penguin Modern Classic". Fanon was a major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial and black consciousness movements.

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was born in Martinique and studied medicine in France, specializing in psychiatry. Sent to a hospital in Algeria, he found his sympathies turning towards the Algerian Nationalist Movement, which he later joined. He is considered one of the most important theorists of the psychology of race and his books Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth have been extremely influential.