Radical Books Collective presents a new podcast series titled “The Age of Fanon.” It is essential listening for understanding our current moment. The series is hosted by Bhakti Shringarpure.

The series was launched in 2025 to mark the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth. It returns to the works of the Martinican psychiatrist known for his fierce anti-colonial activism in Algeria to see what insights they bring to a world that “teeters towards a self-inflicted obliteration.” After a century, Fanon’s work on colonialism, racism, and liberation struggles has so much to say about contemporary issues, particularly the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

Shringarpure is the co-founder of Radical Books Collective, a filmmaker, and a literary scholar known for her work on African literature. She remarks that though Fanon’s diagnosis of colonial violence remains devastatingly accurate, his vision of decolonization feels increasingly distant: “at a time when settler colonialism has reached its zenith, Fanon’s words serve as both oracle and call to action.”

New episodes of The Age of Fanon drops regularly on the Radical Books Collective platform. The series is available on major podcast platforms including YouTube and through the Radical Books Collective Substack.

Check out highlights from key episodes:

“If you want to claim Fanon, do something: Act.” – Interview with Olivier Fanon

In this centerpiece episode, Shringarpure sits down with Olivier Fanon, son of Frantz and Josie Fanon, for an intimate conversation about his parents’ legacy and the urgency of Fanonian thought today. Olivier, now 70, reflects on growing up amid Algeria’s independence struggle and his parents’ roles as “actors in the revolution, not simply contemplators or historians.”

The interview becomes a moving tribute to both parents, particularly highlighting Josie Fanon as a “moudjahida” who blazed her own trail as a journalist covering political movements in Haiti, South Africa, Vietnam, and Iran. Olivier recalls his mother’s unwavering solidarity with Palestine, including her demand that publishers remove Jean-Paul Sartre’s preface from The Wretched of the Earth after he supported Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Most powerfully, Olivier delivers a challenge to contemporary academics and activists who merely discuss Fanon without embodying his revolutionary spirit: “If you want to claim Fanon, do something: Act.”

The Age of Fanon, 2: Hunger and Starvation

In this episode, Shringarpure examines Fanon’s analysis of hunger and starvation as systematic weapons of settler colonialism. She connects Fanon’s insights to Israel’s deliberate starvation of Gaza, revealing how “to starve a population in the Fanonian sense is part of the long game” designed to sever colonized peoples from their land and dignity.

The episode draws parallels between historical colonial famines and contemporary genocidal tactics, demonstrating how Fanon’s framework for understanding colonial violence remains urgently relevant for analyzing current atrocities.

Additional Episodes in the Series

The series continues to explore various aspects of Fanon’s work, from his psychiatric writings to his analysis of violence and decolonization, always connecting his theoretical insights to contemporary liberation struggles worldwide.

The Age of Fanon represents more than academic discussion, it’s a call for revolutionary action. As Shringarpure notes, the series challenges listeners to move beyond mere intellectual engagement with Fanon’s work toward active participation in decolonization movements.

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