French-West Indian psychiatrist, political philosopher, and independence activist Frantz Fanon is remembered for his immense contribution to areas such as Marxism, post-colonial studies, and critical theory. A Pan-Africanist, he explored the psychopathology of colonization and the connection between colonialism and the mind. While working as a psychiatrist in Algeria, Fanon became an ardent supporter of Algeria's War of independence against France. He often treated both the revolutionaries and anti-colonial activists who were tortured and the officers who were forced to torture them. While treating patients and secretly supporting the activists, he ended up joining the Algerian National Liberation Front and was later exiled to Tunisia. He died fighting leukemia while being treated for the disease in the US. Of his many impactful books, The Wretched of the Earth and Black Skins White Masks are the most notable and have inspired later scholars.