The year 2025 will mark the one hundredth anniversary of Frantz Fanon’s birth. ROAPE intends to mark this occasion through reflections, arguments, and analyses of his life, his philosophy, his activism, and his political legacies today. For this issue, our call for papers is proposed in the belief that Fanon is an indispensable thinker for addressing Africa’s past, present, and future.
The editors welcome abstract submissions that address Fanon in a variety of ways. We are particularly interested in:
- Proposals that address political situations and movements in Africa today
- Proposals that address Fanon’s legacies and influence in North Africa and the MENA region more generally
- Proposals that situate Fanon and his reception within lesser studied geographies
- Proposals that situate Fanon in comparison to other political activists and intellectuals
- Proposals that address understudied topics such as Fanon’s gender politics, his medical research, and his diplomatic travels during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
We especially welcome submissions from scholars based in Africa and activist-intellectuals beyond academia. We seek gender balance among contributors as well.
Deadline: April 1, 2024, for 300-word abstracts. Space and selection will be limited.
Christopher Lee and Chinedu Chukwudinma
Please email: christopherjlee512@gmail.com & chinedu.chukwudinma@gmail.com
Featured photograph: The Frantz Fanon School at eKhenana, Durban (20 February 2022).
