by Frantz Fanon
First published 1996
A Martinique-born intellectual grapples with the psychological toll of colonial subjugation. Fanon's very personal account lays bare his experience as a black man, intellectual, and product of French education. The emotional core is Fanon's struggle to reconcile his identity and sense of self against the weight of colonial oppression.
Genres: literary-fiction, 20th-century, african-literature, autobiography, non-fiction, biography-memoir, cultural, academia
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: grappling-with-identity, personal-narrative
Setting: Martinique
Period: 20th-century
240 pages · Paperback · Grove Press
Content warnings: colonialism