The Idea of Africa - (African Systems of Thought) by V Y Mudimbe (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Mudimbe's exploration of how the "ideaof Africa was constructed by the Western world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>. . . this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies. --International Journal of African Historical Studies</p><p>To read Mudimbe is to walk through a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion who explains, with much learned commentary, what you are seeing. --American Anthropologist</p><p>Mudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accounts of such diverse Africanist discourses as Herskovits's cultural relativism and contemporary Afrocentricity bring to the surface the underlying goals and contexts in which these were produced. --Ivan Karp</p><p>A sequel to his highly acclaimed The Invention of Africa, this is V. Y. Mudimbe's exploration of how the idea of Africa was constructed by the Western world.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>V. Y. MUDIMBE is the R. F. DeVernay Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at Duke University. His books include The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge, Fables and Parables, and The Surreptitious Speech.</p>
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