Deborah Wyrick, PhD.
Fanon For Beginners opens with a biography,
following Fanon from his birthplace of Martinique
to his heroic involvement in the fights for Algerian
independence and African decolonization. After a
brief discussion of Fanon’s political and cultural
influences, the main section of the book covers
the three principal stages of Fanon’s thought: “The
Search for Black Identity,” “The Struggle Against
Colonialism,” “The Process of Decolonization.”