Reflections on Fanon’s legacy

Many people consider Martinique-born Frantz Fanon to be one of the most important anti-colonial thinkers of the twentieth century. Aziz Choudry, one of the co-editors of this issue of Interface, initiated a discussion with three colleagues – David Austin, Radha D’Souza, and Sunera Thobani- after many conversations about the legacy of Fanon in the course of collaborations in both academic and activist milieus. These four short pieces discuss the relevance of Fanon’s writings for thought and action in struggles today. In doing so, they draw upon the writers ’ personal, political, activist and academic engagements with Fanon’s writings and the questions which he grappled with, in a life cut short by leukemia at the age of 35 in December 1961