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      The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge

      V.Y. Mudimbe

      What is the meaning of Africa and of being African? What is and what is not African philosophy? Is philosophy part of Africanism ? These are the kind of fundamental…

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      The Idea of Africa

      V.Y. Mudimbe

      As its author Professor Mudimbe says: ‘…this book presents journeys into the multifaceted idea of Africa. As approached and circumscribed here, this idea is a product of the West and…

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      Parables and Fables: Exegesis, Textuality and Politics in Central Africa

      V.Y. Mudimbe

      Confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. The author uses his own education by…

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      Nations, Identities, Cultures

      V.Y. Mudimbe

      Investigates the concepts of nation, identity, and culture as they have evolved within the contexts of exile and the ethnicisation of the political. This book explores various theoretical issues involved…

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