Books by V. Y. Mudimbe and Complete Book Reviews

V. Y. Mudimbe, Author Simon & Schuster $8.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-66840-2
Mudimbe, a comparative literature professor at Duke University, makes his American debut with this compelling, poetic novel, elegantly translated from the French, about his homeland. Set in the rebellion-torn Zaire of the 1960s, it is the story of a
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V. Y. Mudimbe, Author Simon & Schuster $17.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-73858-7
In protagonist Pierre Landu, Mudimbe ( Before the Birth of the Moon ) has created a figure layered with all the conflicts of modern Africa. Having rejected his ancestors--and Africa--to join the Catholic priesthood, Landu proceeds to reject the...
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