Search results for ""Author V.Y. Mudimbe""
James Currey The Idea of Africa
A sequel to The Invention of Africa (joint winner of the 1989 Herskovits prize) As its author Professor Mudimbe says: '...this book presents journeys into the multifaceted "idea" of Africa. As approached and circumscribed here, this idea is a product of the West and was conceived and conveyed through conflicting systems of knowledge. North America: Indiana U Press
£24.99
James Currey The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge
Joint winner of the 1989 Herskovits Award 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. North America: Indiana U Press
£24.99
