An incisive and illuminating account of how, during the Algerian Revolution, the people of Algeria changed centuries-old cultural patterns and embraced certain ancient cultural practices long derided by their colonialist oppressors as primitive, in order to destroy those same oppressors. Fanon uses the fifth year of the Algerian Revolution as a point of departure for an explication of the inevitable dynamics of colonial oppression.

Originally published as: Studies in a dying colonialism. "First published as 'Studies in a Dying Colonalism'"--T.p. verso. "Originally published in France as 'L' An Cinq. de la Révolution algérienne, 1959 by François Maspero"--T.p. verso.

Introduction -- Algeria unveiled -- This is the voice of Algeria -- The Algerian family -- Medicine and colonialism -- Algeria's European minority -- Conclusion.