Black Skin, White Masks

Black Skin, White Masks (1952) by Frantz Fanon is a multidisciplinary analysis of colonialism's impact on racial consciousness. Fanon, a psychiatrist and philosopher, explored how colonization psychologically affects both the colonizer and the colonized.12

The work integrates psychoanalysis, phenomenology, existentialism, and Negritude theory to examine the psychosocial repercussions of colonialism. Fanon argued that colonialism is a form of domination that often leads to a sense of inferiority among the colonized, a concept related to inferiority complexes. He viewed violence as a defining characteristic of colonialism but also as a potential cathartic reaction and a necessary tool for liberation. Fanon's critiques influenced subsequent generations of thinkers and activists in decolonization movements.132