Editing Frantz Fanon (section)

===Joining the FLN and exile from Algeria===
By summer 1956, Fanon realized that he could no longer continue to support French efforts, even indirectly, via his hospital work. In November, he submitted his "Letter of Resignation to the Resident Minister", which later became an influential text of its own in [[anti-colonialist]] circles.<ref name="Azar00">{{cite journal |last1=Azar |first1=Michael |title=In the Name of Algeria: Frantz Fanon and the Algerian Revolution |journal=Eurozine |date=6 December 2000 |url=https://www.eurozine.com/in-the-name-of-algeria/ |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>

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There comes a time when silence becomes dishonesty. The ruling intentions of personal existence are not in accord with the permanent assaults on the most commonplace values. For many months, my conscience has been the seat of unpardonable debates. And the conclusion is the determination not to despair of man, in other words, of myself. The decision I have reached is that I cannot continue to bear a responsibility at no matter what cost, on the false pretext that there is nothing else to be done.
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Shortly afterwards, Fanon was expelled from Algeria and moved to [[Tunis]], where he joined the FLN openly. He was part of the editorial collective of ''[[Al Moudjahid]]'', for which he wrote until the end of his life. He also served as [[Ambassador]] to [[Ghana]] for the Provisional Algerian Government ([[Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic|GPRA]]). He attended conferences in [[Accra]], [[Conakry]], [[Addis Ababa]], [[Kinshasa|Leopoldville]], [[Cairo]] and [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]. Many of his shorter writings from this period were collected posthumously in the book ''[[Toward the African Revolution]]''. In this book, Fanon reveals war tactical strategies; in one chapter, he discusses how to open a southern front to the war and how to run the supply lines.<ref name="Cherki"/>

Upon his return to [[Tunis]], after his exhausting trip across the [[Sahara]] to open a Third Front, Fanon was diagnosed with [[leukemia]]. He went to the [[Soviet Union]] for treatment and experienced [[Cure|remission]] of his illness. When he came back to Tunis once again, he dictated his testament ''[[The Wretched of the Earth]]''. When he was not confined to his bed, he delivered lectures to [[Armée de Libération Nationale]] (ALN) officers at [[Ghardimaou|Ghardimao]] on the Algerian–Tunisian border. He traveled to [[Rome]] for a three-day meeting with [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], who had greatly influenced his work. Sartre agreed to write a preface to Fanon's last book, ''The Wretched of the Earth''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Massey |first1=David |title=Frantz Fanon: A Biography |date=2000 |publisher=Picador}}</ref>
[[File:Tombe Frantz-Fanon Aïn-Kerma.jpg|thumb|alt=Fanon's final resting place in Aïn Kerma, Algeria|Fanon's grave in [[Aïn Kerma]], Algeria]]