V-Y Mudimbe

'Parables and Fables'

Bog | Engelsk

This book confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. V.Y. Mudimbe poses two overarching questions: how can one think about and comment upon alterity

'The Invention of Africa'

Bog | Engelsk

" . . . groundbreaking . . . clear, straightforward, and economical. . . . seminal . . . " American Anthropologist "This is a challenging book . . . a remarkable contribution to African intellectual history." International Journal of A