Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist

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Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961) by the Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon are classics of anti-colonial literature. Ten writers here explore Fanon’s legacy, his radical work as a psychiatrist, his writing, and his commitment towards independence movements – all part of a remarkable life that came to an end when Fanon died from cancer aged just 36.

  1. Episode 1

    Editorial - Colin Grant

    Ten writers explore the legacy of the radical Martinique-born psychiatrist Frantz Fanon (1925-1961), his literature, and his active commitment to the fight against colonialism. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  2. Episode 2

    From the individual to the collective - Zebib K. Abraham

    In this moment of overwhelming and rapid shift into authoritarian populism, what can we learn from Frantz Fanon in escaping traditional psychoanalytic thought? Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  3. Episode 3

    The person and the nation - Taíno Mendez

    An exploration of the cognitive dissonance Fanon understood that black people experience in pursuing assimilation that leads to loss of identity and authenticity. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  4. Episode 4

    Blida, Algeria, 1953 - Ekow Eshun

    The imagined interior life of the young psychiatrist treating the oppressors and oppressed during the Algerian War of Independence. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  5. Episode 5

    Writing the wound: politics, poetics, psychiatry - Clementine Ewokolo Burnley

    The value of reading Fanon in an ageing and timorous society. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  6. Episode 6

    The racial allocation of guilt (after Fanon) - Roger Robinson

    Riffing on the inheritance of guilt for black people whose very skin is their testimony. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  7. Episode 7

    On entering the zone of being - Chitra Ramaswamy

    On the road with Fanon, navigating ‘a zone of non-being’. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  8. Episode 8

    Brown skin, white mask - Khaldoon Ahmed

    An NHS psychiatrist reflects on the clarity of thought that allowed Fanon to identify racism as a cause of mental illness. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  9. Episode 9

    Alternative destinies - Isabelle Dupuy and Zoe Mohaupt

    Comparing the fortunes of Martinique and Haiti: The burden of freedom which is granted rather than fought for. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  10. Episode 10

    Inglan mad dem - Colin Grant

    A former medical student yearns to have been familiar with the writing of Frantz Fanon who might have acted as a guide during his years of studies. Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

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Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961) by the Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon are classics of anti-colonial literature. Ten writers here explore Fanon’s legacy, his radical work as a psychiatrist, his writing, and his commitment towards independence movements – all part of a remarkable life that came to an end when Fanon died from cancer aged just 36.

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