De la postcolonie

Achille Mbembe, a leading theorist in postcolonial studies, offers a profound re-examination of power and subjectivity in Africa. Through a series of essays, Mbembe challenges established Africanist and nativist viewpoints, alongside key tenets of postcolonial theory. This collection, his first in English, expands on his concept of the 'banality of power' in contemporary Africa, reinterpreting themes of death, utopia, and the divine libido to offer new perspectives on the nature of power.