Christian Filostrat
American diplomat
Christian Filostrat (born 1945) is a senior American diplomat and a National War College alumnus. He grew up in the Bronx, New York, and has a PhD in international affairs. A writer, author of The Secret of the African Dictator, The Gospel of Thomas, and Jerome's Pillows. The Beggars’ Pursuit is a novel about relations between the United States and Zaire’s Mobutu Sese Seko. Frantz Fanon in the United States is based on discussions Filostrat held with Fanon’s wife, Josie Fanon. The book concludes with comments from Mrs. Fanon about her husband. WOKE - The road to enlightenment that a United States Foreign Service Officer takes. During 1990 – 1991 Filostrat attended the National War College, Washington, D.C.
Career
A Négritude specialist, Filostrat researches in the fields of politics and literature in the French-speaking Caribbean and the oral tradition and literature of Africa. Filostrat assesses in what manner European colonialism upended the civilizations of Africa and affected the people’s lives.
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