«Chaque génération doit,
dans une relative opacité,
découvrir sa mission,
l´accomplir ou la trahir.»
– Frantz Fanon, Les Damnés de la Terre (1961)
The Frantz Fanon Prize is awarded annually in recognition of up to three works in or of special interest to Caribbean thought. The nominations are made during the fall of each year, and the winners are chosen and announced by February of the succeeding year. The plaque of acknowledgment is given at a ceremony and book session at the annual conference of the Caribbean Philosophical Association. Only books published within 6 years of the nomination date can be considered for the award. Each winning author automatically becomes a member of the committee for the prize.
The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Frantz Fanon Prize for life-time achievement and outstanding book in Caribbean thought. The awards will be conferred at the Caribbean Philosophical Association 17th Annual International Meeting, which this year will be in collaboration with the Senegalese Philosophical Society. The conference will take place April 1 to 4, 2020 at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Croix, under the theme Shifting the Geography of Reason: Dignity, Power and Place in the Caribbean.