Black Skin, White Masks

By: Frantz Fanon, Richard Philcox - translator

Narrated by: Terrence Kidd

Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of listeners.

A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when it was first published in 1952, the book remains a vital force today from one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history.

©1952 Éditions du Seuil; English translation copyright 2008 by Richard Philcox; Foreword copyright 2008 by Kwame Anthony Appiah (P)2022 Tantor

I learned a lot thank you!

I learned a lot, thank you. I will def have to let the content sink in and listen again!

thinking for a better world

frantz fanon’s feelings and knowledge are powerfully convincing. essential reading for those who demand a humane world. i’ll read all i can find of his writing.

Best Book to begin to understand Race Relations

I have not before managed to put my thoughts together to try and begin to understand race relations. it has always been something that I wanted to get to understand and this book is a very good starting point. It is intelligently supported with scholarly works and Fannon was really passionate about exploring this subject. Good read.

Informing and thought provoking.

This book makes you think. Makes you want to act, makes you feel grateful. Rips you apart and forces you to look at yourself. Then you want to rebuild yourself better. And it makes you want to tell everyone you know to read it.

Valuable Insights but Incredibly Dense

There are large sections of this book that focus on phychoanalysis and philosophy in a way I found to be impenetrable. However, there are many insights into the experience of black people in European colonies (particularly French colonies) that I found interesting and incredibly valuable, though also of course tragic. As an American, I appreciated seeing these issues from an entirely different lens.