International Conference: Centenary of Frantz Fanon

📄 The full summary of the conference is available at the end of the article.

A Commemoration for Humanity

On the occasion of the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, the Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar will host, from December 17 to 20, 2025, a major international symposium under the theme: “A Continuous Creation of Humanity.”

Organized in partnership with the Frantz Fanon Foundation, and with the support of Open Society Foundations, CODESRIA, and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, this event will conclude a year of activities dedicated to the legacy of one of the most influential thinkers in the anti-colonial struggle and African hope.

Frantz Fanon: Revolutionary and Visionary Thought

Fanon profoundly marked his era through an uncompromising critique of colonialism and its destructive effects on bodies, minds, and societies. His fight did not stop at denunciation: he carried a vision — that of humanity’s healing through the initiative of the colonized and the invention of new trajectories.

At a time when African youth express a strong desire to break with colonial and neo-colonial legacies, his message resonates with striking relevance.

A Political and Intellectual Conference

This conference will serve as a space for reflection and collective mobilization around the major themes in Fanon’s work and thought. Its objectives are to:

• Strengthen African liberation struggles,
• Clarify the historical mission of Africa and its diaspora,
• Reaffirm African hope in the face of contemporary challenges.

Thematic Axes of the Conference

1. Struggles for Dignity – Fanonian Perspectives

• Modernity and alienation: breaking with colonial legacies.
• African languages as vectors of resistance.
• Literary, philosophical, and artistic productions as instruments of emancipation.
• Central role of women and youth in liberation dynamics.

2. Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary Subjects in Africa

• Relevance of Fanon’s political sociology today.
• Role and limits of the national bourgeoisie.
• Position of peasants and emerging social forces.

3. Africa and Its Diaspora in the 21st Century

• Trajectories of contemporary Pan-Africanism.
• Role of regional and continental organizations.
• Africa’s position in international reconfigurations.
• Unfinished decolonization and prospects for rupture.

4. The Political Economy of African Dignity

• Decolonization of knowledge and educational institutions.
• Monetary dependence and debates around the CFA franc and the eco.
• Towards African economic and monetary sovereignty.

5. African Feminisms and Decolonization Struggles

• Genealogies of African and Afro-descendant feminisms.
• Women’s struggles within Pan-Africanist and decolonial movements.
• Specificities of African feminisms: solidarity, social motherhood, and collective resistance.