Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)

by AndersonMeg | Jun 9, 2008 | Global African History, People

Psychiatrist and anti-colonial cultural theorist, Frantz Fanon was born in the French West Indies, in Fort-de-France, Martinique on July 20, 1925. His father, Félix Casimir Fanon, was a black customs service inspector. His mother, Eléanore Médélice, was half French...
Esteban (?-1539)

Esteban (?-1539)

by NelsonHViscount | Jan 19, 2007 | African American History, People

Esteban, an enslaved Moroccan, made the first contact with the native peoples of what is now the American Southwest.  Fraught with misunderstandings, that encounter led to Esteban’s untimely demise in 1539 and prefigured the violence that would characterize the...