Some aspects of modernity Mbembe is known to challenge are characterised by the move towards more capitalistic economies, an increase in social stratifications and the universalisation of Western ...

Achille Mbembe is research professor of history and politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He will receive the award of ...

Renowned African historian, Joseph Achille Mbembe, has made a solid case for Africa’s integration through open borders that allow free movement of people on the continent. “History tells us that the ...

"The English edition of this book does not exactly correspond to what was published in French as Sortir de la grande nuit in 2010, and different passages date from different times of writing and have ...

NAIROBI, KENYA : Renowned African historian, Joseph Achille Mbembe, has made a solid case for Africa’s integration through open borders that allow free movement of people on the continent. “History ...

"A John Hope Franklin Center Book." Originally published as "Critique de la raison nègre": Paris : La Découverte, [2013]. Eminent critic Achille Mbembe offers a capacious genealogy of the category of ...

Johannesburg — There have been so many attempts to deface the statue of Paul Kruger in South Africa's capital city of Pretoria that it's been fenced off. "Killer" has been sprayed on its base and, ...

Achille Mbembe investigates the possibility of reimagining democracy not only as a form of human mutuality and freedom, but also as a community of life. Submitted by red jack on April 30, 2020 During ...

This is one of the most direct books by the well-known historian-philosopher Achille Mbembe (born in Cameroon and now living in South Africa). It provides an overview, both sophisticated and ...

His in-depth interview with The Africa Report / Jeune Afrique has, however, puzzled more than a few observers, particularly those inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. Sceptics, on the other ...