Rift

by V.Y. Mudimbe

The Rift explores textuality, writing, solitude, and death in the context of contemporary African life, and at the same time examines the constitution and materiality of African subjectivity.
V. Y. Mudimbe's writing is provocative, demanding, and distinctly modernist. In its compelling exploration of the production of African knowledge within or outside the interstices of imperial space, The Rift contributes significantly to contemporary debates about the liminal subject split - to use Homi Bhabha's phrase - "between the here and the there" - and most important, about issues of power and post-colonial epistemology.

136 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe was a Congolese philosopher, professor, and author of poems, novels, as well as books and articles on African culture and intellectual history. Mudimbe was Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of Romance Studies and professor of comparative literature at Duke University and maître de conférences at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris.

Reviews

[Cherie Kephart · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting viewpoint and uniquely written book.

[François · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dagboek van een Congolese student die de botsing tussen Europa (rede) en Afrika (lichaam) beleeft.