Wednesday 20 July 2016

91st birthday of Frantz Fanon

(Born 20 July 1925, Fort-de-France, Martinique, Caribbean)
Psychiatrist, student of poet, playwright and essayist Aimé Césaire, philosopher and one of the preeminent revolutionary theorists of the 20th century whose landmark publications are: The Wreathed of the Earth (1963), A Dying Colonialism (1965),  Black Skin, White Masks (1967), Toward the African Revolution (1969)

(Charles Mingus Sextet, “Passions of a man” [personnel: Mingus, piano, vocals; Jimmy Knepper, trombone; Rahssan Roland Kirk, flute, siren, tenor saxophone, manzello, strich; Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone; Doug Watkins, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums; recorded: Atlantic Studios, New York, US, 6 November 1961])
(Charles Mingus Quintet, “Canon” [personnel: Mingus, bass; Ronald Hampton, trumpet; George Adams, tenor saxophone; Don Pullen, piano; Dannie Richmond, drums; recorded: Atlantic Studios, New York, US, 29-31 October 1973])
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