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Reviews
The Invention of Africa, joint winner of the 1989 Herskovits Award, has assumed a place as one of the important books of African studies. * JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY *
Mudimbe's historical anthropology...achieves the decolonisation of academic knowledge of Africa ... This highly sophisticated and provocative study should command the attention of every scholar. - -- Bogumil Jewsiewicki
... an impressive demonstration of erudition with a balanced, frequently very perceptive, perspective on how intellectual constructs on Africa have developed and operate. - -- William Freund * JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN STUDIES *
Book Information
ISBN 9780852552032
Author V.Y. Mudimbe
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint James Currey
Publisher James Currey