![]() ![]() Although Fanon had military experience from service in World War II, it was the time he spent practising as a psychiatrist in the Algerian town of Blida that cemented his interest in the Algerian liberation movement, and the society’s many ills including the impact of French colonialism and imperialism, feminism, and class relations. In the seven years he spent in Algeria, his pan-Africanism and his career as a psychiatrist with a specialist focus on the psychopathology of racism, colonialism and imperialism on the human mind was instrumental in defining the ideological underpinnings of the Algerian anti-colonial nationalist movement. FRANTZ FANON AND ALGERIAįanon arrived in Algeria in 1953 to join the FLN, Algeria’s principal nationalist movement. A Marxist and pan-Africanist, Fanon’s influence on the various anti-colonial and liberation movements across Africa was considerable, spanning the entirety of his scholarship on the psychopathology of colonization, his diplomatic missions as an envoy of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) and his numerous relationships with African political figures like Patrice Lumumba, Roberto Holden, Felix Moumie and Tom M’boya. His influence spanned the entire African diaspora, from his native Caribbean region and North America to Europe and Africa. ![]() Frantz Fanon’s influence on the many anti-colonial struggles across Africa, as well as his contributions toward the Algerian fight for liberation cannot continue to be ignored or downplayed.įrantz Fanon was one of the most important intellectual influences on African revolutionary movements against European imperialism and white-minority governments.
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