The Wretched of the Earth

1961 book by Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth (French: Les Damnés de la Terre) is a 1961 book by the philosopher Frantz Fanon, in which the author provides a psychoanalysis of the dehumanising effects of colonisation upon individuals and nations, and discusses the broader social, cultural, and political implications of establishing a social movement for the decolonisation of a person and of a people. Some believe that the French-language title derives from the opening line of "The Internationale", which is reflected in the English title as well. However, Fanon biographer Adam Shatz has stated that it originates from the poem "Sales nègres" (Dirty Negroes), published posthumously in 1945 in the collection Bois-d'ébène by the Haitian poet Jacques Roumain (1907-1944).

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