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Valentin-Yves Mudimbe Ndaywel è Nziem Quotes

1941–2025

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.

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"Suddenly it becomes possible that there are just others, that we ourselves are an 'other' among others."

"What, then, is Africa? I do not know. But I can say how it has been invented."

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