The Idea of Africa

by V.Y. Mudimbe

Book Overview

". . . 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 commentary, what you are seeing." --American Anthropologist

"Mudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accounts of such diverse Africanist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253208726
• ISBN13: 9780253208729
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"