The Invention of Africa

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III. Period: 1960 - 2009

5. Secondary Readings

V.Y. Mudimbe. The Invention of Africa.

Supporting References:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Y._Mudimbe

2. "V. Y. Mudimbe." . : , 1995-01-01. Oxford Reference. 2005-01-01. Date Accessed 2 Sep. 2013 .

"Quick Reference (b. 1941). Zaïrean poet, philosopher, and one of the most challenging African novelists writing in French today. Mudimbe obtained a doctorate from Louvain, and taught in Zaïre before moving to Duke University in the USA.”

3. The Re-Invention of Africa: Edward Said, V. Y. Mudimbe, and beyond

Ali A. Mazrui

Research in African Literatures , Vol. 36, No. 3, Edward Said, Africa, and Cultural Criticism (Autumn, 2005), pp. 68-82

Published by: Indiana University Press

Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3821364

4. The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge by V. Y. Mudimbe

Review by: Andrew Apter

Journal of Religion in Africa , Vol. 21, Fasc. 2 (May, 1991), pp. 172-174

Published by: BRILL

Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1580804

5. The Archaeology of Invention: Mudimbe and Postcolonialism

B. Jewsiewicki and François Manchuelle

Callaloo , Vol. 14, No. 4 (Autumn, 1991), pp. 961-968

Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press

Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2931215

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