Valentin-Yves Mudimbe
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (born December 8, 1941 in Jadotville ) is a Congolese anthropologist , writer and literary scholar .
Life
Mudimbe received his PhD from the University of Leuven in 1970 and then taught at the University of Lubumbashi . In 1979 he went into exile in the United States , where he taught at Stanford University . To this day he is a professor at Duke University .
His most important work The Invention of Africa is often compared to Edward Said's Orientalism .
In 1975 he received the Grand prix catholique de littérature for his work Entre les eaux: Dieu, un prêtre, la révolution .
documentary
- 2014: Les mots et les choses de Mudimbe , 243 '. Directed by Jean-Pierre Bekolo , Cameroon.
literature
- Kasereka Kavwahirehi : VY Mudimbe et la ré-invention de l'Afrique: poétique et politique de la décolonisation des sciences humaines. Rodopi , 2006. ISBN 90-420-1839-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Valentin-Yves Mudimbe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Valentin-Yves Mudimbe in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about Valentin-Yves Mudimbe in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ^ Willy Bal : Presence, parcours et paradoxes de Valentin Yves Mudimbe. (PDF; 65 kB) April 10, 2004.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mudimbe, Valentin-Yves |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Congolese anthropologist, writer and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jadotville |