How Frantz Fanon Was Transformed by the Algerian Revolution

How Frantz Fanon Was Transformed by the Algerian Revolution

There was nothing abstract about Frantz Fanon’s political vision for the Global South: it was forged in the Algerian liberation struggle. Fanon’s role in that struggle convinced him that national independence would be hollow without social revolution.

As tensions between France and Algeria persist, as the Israel-Gaza conflict revives debates on violence and resistance, Fanon's thinking resonates with a particular force, and a film is released on April 2.