''A Dying Colonialism'' () is a 1959 book by the psychiatrist

Frantz Fanon Frantz Omar Fanon (, ; ; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961) was a French West Indian psychiatrist, political philosopher, and Marxist from the French colony of Martinique (today a French department). His works have become influential in the ...

, in which the author provides an account of the

Algerian War The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) ''; '' (and sometimes in Algeria as the ''War of 1 November'') was an armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (Algeri ...

. The book details cultural and political changes that emerge due to the rejection of French colonial oppression by the Algerian. Issues discussed include the role of women in the liberation struggle, changes to family life, the role of the radio, language, and medicine both as tools of oppression and complicity on one hand as well as tools of freedom and liberation, and Algeria's European minority and their role as potential allies in the conflict.

Publication history

The book was originally published in France by Maspero as ''L'An V de la Révolution Algérienne'' (''Year Five of the Algerian Revolution''). It was translated into English in 1965 and published by

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under the title ''Studies In A Dying Colonialism'', which was shortened to ''A Dying Colonialism'' when appearing as a mass-market paperback by

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in 1967.

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