Quote by: Frantz Fanon

I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.


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Author Bio


  • NameFrantz Fanon
  • DescriptionMartiniquais writer, psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary
  • AliasesFrantz Omar Fanon; Ibrahim Fanon
  • BornJuly 20, 1925
  • DiedDecember 6, 1961
  • CountryFrance; Algeria
  • ProfessionWriter; Philosopher; Psychiatrist; Essayist
  • WorksThe Wretched Of The Earth; A Dying Colonialism; Black Skin, White Masks