Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon

Nov 2022 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Terrence Kidd

About this audiobook

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.

Ratings and reviews

relating this to the genocide in Gaza is very enlightening - if Jewishness comes from being the Other in antisemitic+white society, then Israel's ethnonationalism must inherently be white supremacist

About the author

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was born in Martinique and studied medicine in France, specializing in psychiatry. He later joined the Algerian Nationalist Movement. He is considered one of the most important theorists of the African struggle for independence and of the psychology of race.

A seasoned playwright, Terrence Kidd uses his skill as a storyteller to bring life to any genre. He loves narrating nonfiction best, but Terry's engaged, informed, and warm tone illuminates everything from potboiler crime thrillers to romance. A longtime bartender, Terry now narrates from his home studio in Massachusetts.

Richard Philcox is the distinguished translator of many works by Caribbean writer Maryse Conde.