In Search of Africa(s)

First published in French as En quête d’Afrique(s): Universalisme et pensée décoloniale, © Albin Michel, 2018

This English edition © Polity Press, 2020

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4030-3

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Names: Diagne, Souleymane Bachir, author. | Amselle, Jean-Loup, author. | Mangeon, Anthony, writer of preface. | Brown, Andrew (Literary translator), translator.
Title: In search of Africa(s) : universalism and decolonial thought / Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Jean-Loup Amselle ; translated by Andrew Brown.
Other titles: En quête de Afrique(s). English
Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2020. | “First published in French as En quête de Afrique(s): universalisme et pensée de coloniale, © Albin Michel, 2018”--title page verso. | Summary: “This important book by two leading scholars of Africa examines the relationship between politics, religion and identity in contemporary culture and the possibility of a new universalism. Erudite, wide-ranging and eminently readable, it will be of great interests to students, scholars, and general readers alike”--Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019029692 (print) | LCCN 2019029693 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509540280 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509540297 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509540303 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Postcolonialism--Africa. | Postcolonialism--Philosophy. | Decolonization--Africa. | Cultural relations. | Africa--Relations--Western countries. | Western countries--Relations--Africa.
Classification: LCC JV246 .D5313 2020 (print) | LCC JV246 (ebook) | DDC 320.01--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029692
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029693

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