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The True Chronicles Of The Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital From The Last Century When Dr Frantz Fanon was Head of Fifth Ward Between 1953 & 1956/ special presentation
Sunday, September 28, 2025 | 5:30 pm
In 1953, colonized Algeria, Fanon, a young black psychiatrist, was appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital.
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In 1953, colonized Algeria, Fanon, a young black psychiatrist, was appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algiers School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.
