Feb 19, 2022: Lewis Gordon on Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

Radical Foundations 3

We are celebrating the 70th anniversary of Frantz Fanon's Peau noire, masques blancs (Black Skin, White Masks) with an immersive seminar convened by renowned philosopher Dr. Lewis R. Gordon. This hugely influential book was originally published in 1952 when Fanon was only 27 years old. A psychiatrist, philosopher, political theorist and radical thinker, Fanon is known for his writings on Black consciousness, revolution and the liberation of colonized peoples. Fanon was born on the island of Martinique, studied in France, spent many years of his life in Algeria and traveled across the African continent throughout his short, extraordinary and luminous life of 36 years.

This seminar has been organized in partnership with the Paul Robeson House and Museum in Philadelphia.