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Pages: 260
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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 fundamen
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Language: en
Pages: 260
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"... this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies." --International Journal of African Historical
The Invention of Women
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The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western contructi
The Invention of the Maghreb
Language: en
Pages: 331
Authors: Abdelmajid Hannoum
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Examines how French colonial modernity invented the concept of the Maghreb, making it distinct from Africa and the Middle East.
Parables and Fables
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: V. Y. Mudimbe
Categories: History
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Winner of the 2014 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye The word tyrant carries negative connotations, but in this new collection, Joanne D