{"product_id":"the-idea-of-africa-paperback","title":"The Idea of Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eV. Y. Mudimbe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies.\" --International Journal of African Historical Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accounts of such diverse Africanist discourses as Herskovits's cultural relativism and contemporary Afrocentricity bring to the surface the underlying goals and contexts in which these were produced.\" --Ivan Karp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sequel to his highly acclaimed The Invention of Africa, this is V. Y. Mudimbe's exploration of how the \"idea\" of Africa was constructed by the Western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. Y. MUDIMBE is the R. F. DeVernay Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at Duke University. His books include The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge, Fables and Parables, and The Surreptitious Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.27 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47484570108082,"sku":"9780253208729","price":30.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7a90d37b1c57243e46d81515fce4dccc_a5b0d16a-f264-497f-a9aa-02fbcecdfc27.webp?v=1779278217","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-idea-of-africa-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}