# Frantz Fanon > the writer and psychiatrist born in the French colony of Martinique, is perhaps best known for his contribution to our understanding of race and colonialism > > – [[Frantz Fanon Against Facebook: How to Decolonize Your Digital-Mind]] > Fanon provided an explanation of how colonialism works – how both the colonizer and the person being colonized take on roles and practices that make colonialism seem inevitable and unbeatable. > > – [[Frantz Fanon Against Facebook: How to Decolonize Your Digital-Mind]] > The pivotal experience for Fanon was his involvement in the Algerian war of independence > > – [[Frantz Fanon Against Facebook: How to Decolonize Your Digital-Mind]]