Fanon’s Legacy

Frantz Fanon was a political thinker, psychiatrist, writer and activist. His work has significantly contributed to an understanding of the impacts of colonialism and anti-colonial struggles.

Speakers will address his influence on African cinema and on current social justice movements. Moderated by Kevin Edmonds (Caribbean Studies, University of Toronto) speakers include Chevy Eugene (Political Science, Dalhousie University) and others to be announced. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.

This discussion accompanies the screenings of Sambizanga and True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956.

Kevin Edmonds is an Assistant Professor of Community Engaged Learning and Caribbean Studies (Teaching Stream) at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Toronto, specializing in Caribbean political economy, community histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and the region’s radical political tradition. He has published widely on these topics and more, and also has extensive experience organizing with several grassroots organizations within the Caribbean as well as with Toronto’s Caribbean community.

The Caribbean Solidarity Network (CSN) is an organization committed to the principles of Caribbean Liberation and Unity across the region as well as throughout the Diaspora. CSN’s platform is one rooted in a feminist, anti-imperialist, anti-colonial struggle. The history of the Caribbean peoples has always been one of freedom and self-determination. CSN offers space for the Caribbean community and invested allies to foment ideas and build collective knowledge and understanding about present and local circumstances.

The Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization dedicated to bringing Palestinian cinema, music, cuisine and art to GTA audiences. TPFF was conceived in 2008 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Al-Nakba.

The University of Toronto New College’s Community Engaged Learning is a placement-based program for students to work in social service or community sector.

Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto is an interdisciplinary program engaging Caribbean history and society, politics and economic development, literature and thought.

 [Photo in banner taken from True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956.]