Valentin-Yves Mudimbe Ndaywel è Nziem

V. Y. Mudimbe Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (8 December 1941 – 22 April 2025) was a Congolese philosopher, novelist, poet and literary critic. He was one of the foremost figures in postcolonial African thought and is best known for his influential works The Invention of Africa, The Idea of Africa, and Parables and Fables. His scholarship explored African philosophy, colonial discourse, knowledge production and identity. Quotes "Suddenly it becomes possible that there are just others, that we ourselves are an 'other' among others." The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge (Indiana University Press, 1988). Valentin-Yves Mudimbe reflecting on otherness and identity in postcolonial thought. "What, then, is Africa? I do not know. But I can say how it has been invented." The Invention of Africa (Introduction). Valentin-Yves Mudimbe discussing the historical construction of the idea of Africa. External links