Feb 19: Radical Foundations: Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon (Recording available)

February 19, Saturday1pm New York  |  2pm Fort-de-France  |  7pm Algiers RADICAL FOUNDATIONS 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.  The class will be held in English. You are welcome to read any version or translation of the book. Copies are widely availabl