Valentin Mudimbe Quotes on Politics
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe was a Congolese philosopher, philologist, and novelist, and one of the most incisive theorists of the colonial production of knowledge about Africa. This page collects quotes attributed to Valentin Mudimbe on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Valentin Mudimbe:
“Africa is an invention as much as a discovery.”
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Attributed to Valentin Mudimbe:
“The colonial library frames what can be said of Africa.”
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Attributed to Valentin Mudimbe:
“To write about Africa is always to write within and against a discourse.”
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Attributed to Valentin Mudimbe:
“Knowledge about Africa is rarely innocent of power.”