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On the Postcolony

Paperback • 2001 • English

On the Postcolony

By Achille Mbembe

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Achille Mbembe is one of the most brilliant theorists of post colonial studies writing today. In "On the Postcolony" he profoundly renews our understanding of power and subjectivity in Africa. In a series of provocative essays, Mbembe contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of post colonial theory. This thought-provoking and groundbreaking collection of essays - his first book to be published in English - develops and extends debates first ign...Show more

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9780520204355

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

On the Postcolony

Format

Paperback

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