This book has been on my reading list for very long and I never picked it up because I thought I won't be able to understand it.
Philosophers, especially those that are already dead, intimidate me with their ideas a bit.

Luckily, this book did not confirm my fear. Fanon's ideas are clear, and he does well in explaining them. He does quote other philosophers quite frequently and puts their work into context, but it is not too bad. If anything, this just motivates me to read more of the big thinkers of the past that in some ways laid the foundation for our current understanding of the world.

I also always thought that Fanon's ideas will be foreign to me and I will learn radically new concepts. To the most extent that was not true, all the books I read about racism build on many of Fanon's thoughts. He was a very important thinker and everyone interested in the world should read this, his first, book.