Frantz Fanon's reception in Brazil

Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães, Penser aujourd'hui à partir de Frantz Fanon, Actes du colloque Fanon, Éditions en ligne, CSPRP - Université Paris 7, Février 2008

Frantz Fanon is a central figure in cultural, post-colonial and African-American studies, whether in the United States, Africa or Europe. We often speak about Fanonian studies, such is the volume of research that has been based on his work. My black Brazilian colleagues and students have the same admiration, respect and devotion for him as their black North American and African brothersHowever, when I looked for material to write this paper, I was met with a conspicuous silence, both in cultural and academic journals which lasted all the way to the mid 1960s.