Valentin-Yves Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, novelist, poet, essayist, and academic, widely considered to be one of the most important African thinkers of his generation. The ideas and arguments he has developed in his writings since the 1970s, including The Invention of Africa, have been hugely influential across many disciplines and established his reputation as one of the essential postcolonial thinkers of our time.In The Scent of the Father, Mudimbe set h...

La antropología histórica de Mudimbe logra la descolonización del conocimiento académico de África. Este estudio, altamente sofisticado, innovador y provocativo, debe recibir la atención de todos los estudiosos.