The Wretched of the Earth

Name: The Wretched of the Earth
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Frantz Fanon
ISBN: 9781666682083

Author: Frantz Fanon

Narrator: Aaron Goodson

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Published: 09/18/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, History & Theory, History, African History, Biography & Autobiography, African American & Black Nonfiction

Synopsis

The definitive English translation by Constance Farrington. First published in 1961, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth offers a powerful exploration of race, colonialism, and the psychological impact of oppression. This seminal text has inspired generations of revolutionaries and activists, influencing movements from decolonization struggles in the Global South to Black Lives Matter. As a cornerstone of civil rights, anti-colonialism, and Black consciousness studies, Fanon's most celebrated work stands alongside such essential texts as Edward Said's Orientalism and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This audiobook is masterfully read by Aaron Goodson, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Mike Thal. ©1961 Francois Maspero editeur S.A.R.L., translation (C) 1963 by Presence Africaine (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

About Frantz Fanon

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 toward the Algerian Nationalist Movement, which he later joined. He is considered one of the most important theorists of the African struggle for independence and of the psychology of race.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas on October 13, 2022

Powerful book about decolonization with an emphasis on the French colonization of Algeria. I liked how Frantz Fanon captured the anger of the colonized and the psychological and physical impacts of colonization. At times I found his writing about gender/women problematic and some of his sentiments u......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on March 07, 2017

Deep in the bowels of libraries, past the celebrity memoirs and adventure stories, tattered in the stacks, there are dark things: books that are actively, overtly dangerous. Here's one now. Frantz Fanon's 1961 classic The Wretched of the Earth is about violence; it champions violence. It's a manual o......more