Reflections on Fanon's Legacy

Interface: a journal for and about social movements Article Volume 5 (1): 128-150 (May 2013)

23 Pages Posted: 1 Aug 2013

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David Austin

CEGEP John Abbott College

Aziz Choudry

McGill University

Radha D'Souza

University of Westminster

Sunera Thobani

University of British Columbia (UBC)

Date Written: March 22, 2013

Abstract

Many people consider Martinique-born Frantz Fanon to be one of the most important anti-colonial thinkers of the twentieth century. Aziz Choudry, one of the co-editors of this issue of Interface, initiated a discussion with three colleagues – David Austin, Radha D’Souza, and Sunera Thobani - after many conversations about the legacy of Fanon in the course of collaborations in both academic and activist milieus. These four short pieces discuss the relevance of Fanon’s writings for thought and action in struggles today. In doing so, they draw upon the writers’ personal, political, activist and academic engagements with Fanon’s writings and the questions which he grappled with, in a life cut short by leukemia at the age of 35 in December 1961.

Keywords: Fanon, legacy, violence, nationalism, modernity, psychology, oppression, teaching

Suggested Citation

Austin, David and Choudry, Aziz and D'Souza, Radha and Thobani, Sunera, Reflections on Fanon's Legacy (March 22, 2013). Interface: a journal for and about social movements Article Volume 5 (1): 128-150 (May 2013), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2291256 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2291256

David Austin

CEGEP John Abbott College ( email )

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Aziz Choudry

McGill University ( email )

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Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G5
Canada

Radha D'Souza (Contact Author)

University of Westminster ( email )

School of Law, University of Westminster
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Sunera Thobani

University of British Columbia (UBC) ( email )

2329 West Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia BC V6T 1Z4
Canada

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