Fanon's final book, written while Algeria fought for independence from France, analyzes the psychological and material violence of colonialism and the struggle required to end it. Its chapters on violence, national culture, and the pitfalls of national consciousness reshaped anti-colonial and Black liberation thought around the world. It remains one of the most influential political books of the twentieth century.
Author: Frantz Fanon · Original publisher: François Maspero (Paris), 1961 (French original, *Les Damnés de la terre*); standard English edition: Grove Press