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Achille Mbembe

Also Known As Joseph-Achille Mbembe
Sociology

Achille Mbembe is a Cameroonian historian and political theorist, born in 1957, who is a research professor in history and politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economy Research at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is known for his writings on colonialism and its consequences and is a leading figure in new wave French critical theory. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1957-07-27 1
Birth Year
1957 1
Birthplace
Otélé, French Cameroon 1
Defining Contribution
concept of necropolitics 1
Notable Work
On the Postcolony 1
Connections

Associated With

Columbia University, Institutions and Social Structures
Source Achille Mbembe (Wikipedia)
Harvard University, Institutions and Social Structures
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University of Pennsylvania, Institutions and Social Structures
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Yale University, Institutions and Social Structures
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Nationality

Cameroon

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Achille Mbembe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Joseph-Achille Mbembe is a Cameroonian historian and political theorist who is a research professor in history and politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economy Research at the University of the Witwatersrand.
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1957-07-27
  • Infobox, birth_date (year)
    1957-07-27
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Otélé, French Cameroon
  • Infobox, birth_name
    Joseph-Achille Mbembe
  • Biography section
    On the Postcolony
  • Work section
    concept of necropolitics
  • Associated With: Columbia University, Article text
    Mbembe was assistant professor of history at Columbia University, New York, from 1988 to 1991, a senior research fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., from 1991 to 1992, associate professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1996, executive director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Codesria) in Dakar, Senegal, from 1996 to 2000.
  • Associated With: Harvard University, Article text
    He was a research professor in history and politics at Harvard University's W.
  • Associated With: Yale University, Article text
    Mbembe was also a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2001, and a visiting professor at Yale University in 2003.
  • Associated With: University of Pennsylvania, Article text
    Mbembe was assistant professor of history at Columbia University, New York, from 1988 to 1991, a senior research fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., from 1991 to 1992, associate professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1996, executive director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Codesria) in Dakar, Senegal, from 1996 to 2000.
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Wikidata: Achille Mbembe
Wikidata Q340234, class allow-list match, case-insensitive label variant (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/resolve_ci.ps1)View the Source
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