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The Idea of Africa
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Table of Contents

Preface

I. Symbols and the Interpretation of the African Past
II. Which Idea of Africa?
III. The Power of the Greek Paradigm
IV. Domestication and the Conflict of Memories
V. Reprendre

Coda

Bibliography
Index

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How the "idea" of Africa was constructed by the Western world.

About the Author

V. 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.

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