Fran(t)z Fanon

Franz Fanon was a great philosopher, physician, and a leading campaigner for decolonization in the forties and fifties, publicly speaking against the French controlling remote territories, especially Algeria.  His findings about the influence of brutal French control for generations were frequently referenced after his death by other anti-colonialism leaders.

I found it interesting that this website, named after one of Fanon's pieces about the fight for freedom in Algeria, is full of literature by Aime Cesaire, who was of course his teacher and fellow advocate of anti-imperialism.  One of the first listings is a piece about Toussaint L'ouverture, which is cool because we know about him.  Like Franz Fanon, he was a minority living on French-owned land who rose up against the French establishment, became a figurehead for anti-colonialism, and became wanted by the French government.  Unlike L'ouverture, Fanon didn't actually bargain or debate with the French, and he never held any official power after resigning from his government post.