..". groundbreaking... clear, straightforward, and economical.... seminal... " --American Anthropologist"This is a challenging book... a remarkable contribution to African intellectual history." --International Journal of African Historical Studies"Mudimbe's description of the struggles over Africa'[...]
..". this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies." --International Journal of African Historical Studies"To read Mudimbe is to walk through a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion who explains, with much learned[...]
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 questions which this book addresses.[...]
Images of Africa challenges the widely-held idea that Africans are powerless in the creation of self-image. It explores the ways in which image creation is a process of negotiation entered into by a wide range of actors within and beyond the continent - in presidents' offices and party HQs, in newsr[...]