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Joint winner of the 1989 Herskovits Award

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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 *

The Invention of Africa

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      Publisher: James Currey
      Publication Date: 01/01/1990
      ISBN13: 9780852552032, 978-0852552032
      ISBN10: 0852552033
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      Western philosophy from c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Joint winner of the 1989 Herskovits Award

      Trade Review
      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 *

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