He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to further colonialism.
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Author : Adam Nossiter
Publish date : 2025-04-27 20:01:00
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Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 83, Dies; African Scholar Challenged the West
