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Black Skin, White Masks was written in French by Frantz Fanon and first published in France in 1952. It has been translated into many languages, including English, as it has become a classic reference text on the issue of European colonization and subsequent black alienation. Fanon was born in 1925 in Martinique, a Caribbean country colonized by the French since 1635. In 1947, Fanon left Martinique to study psychiatry in France. Black Skin, White Masks was originally written as part of Fanon's medical thesis.

Fanon was primarily concerned with the devastating impact of colonial racism on African people. According ...