The Wretched of the Earth

The Wretched of the Earth (French:Les Damnés de la Terre) is a 1961 book by Frantz Fanon, in which Fanon provides a psychiatric and psychologic analysis of the dehumanising effects of colonization upon the individual, and the nation, and discusses the broader social, cultural, and political implications inherent to establishing a social movement for the decolonization of a person and of a people. The French-language title derives from the opening lyrics of "The Internationale", the 19th-century anthem of the Left Wing.