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The Invention of Africa
" . . . groundbreaking . . . clear, straightforward, and economical. . . . seminal . . . " -American Anthropologist"This is a challenging book . . . a remarkable contribution to …
The Surreptitious Speech – Presence Africaine and the Politics of Otherness 1947–1987
Distinguished scholar V. Y. Mudimbe assembles a lively tribute to Presence Africaine, the landmark African studies journal begun in 1947 Paris. While it celebrates the project's …
Contemporary African Cultural Productions
All over Africa, an explosion in cultural productions of various genres is in evidence. Whether in relation to music, song and dance, drama, poetry, film, documentaries, …
Tales of Faith
This book explores African religious practice and its relation to African identity. It takes the problem of faith as its central theme, emphasizing the particular existential …
Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy
This comprehensive encyclopedia presents African thinkers, concepts and traditions, with a focus on African religious and philosophical practices. It offers a dependable and …
Tales of Faith
This book explores African religious practice and its relation to African identity. It takes the problem of faith as its central theme, emphasizing the particular existential …
Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy
This comprehensive encyclopedia presents African thinkers, concepts and traditions, with a focus on African religious and philosophical practices. It offers a dependable and …
The Mudimbe Reader
A prominent francophone thinker and writer from sub-Saharan Africa, V. Y. Mudimbe is known for his interdisciplinary spirit in bridging Western and African modes of knowledge and …
Images of Africa
Images of Africa challenges the widely-held idea that Africans are powerless in the creation of self-image. It explores the ways in which image creation is a process of negotiation …
Contemporary African Cultural Productions
Nations, Identities, Cultures
This volume investigates the concepts of nation, identity, and culture as they have evolved within the contexts of exile and as a result of the consolidation of the ethnic and the …
The Idea of Africa
A sequel to The Invention of Africa (joint winner of the 1989 Herskovits prize) As its author Professor Mudimbe says: '...this book presents journeys into the multifaceted "idea" …