About
A professor of history and political science and a researcher at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), he is the director of the Foundation for Innovation in Democracy. His publications include *Critique of Black Reason* (2013) and *Brutalism* (2020), both published by La Découverte.
Latest publication
The end of a historical cycle: Reframing relations between Africa and France
- In conversation with Achille Mbembe,
- Interview conducted on February 8, 2024 by Caroline Roussy,
- Romane Lucq,
- Marc Verzeroli
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2024/1 No 133)
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What is postcolonial thinking?
An interview with Achille Mbembe
- By Achille Mbembe,
- Interviewed by Olivier Mongin,
- Nathalie Lempereur,
- et al.
In Esprit (2006/12 December)
The end of a historical cycle: Reframing relations between Africa and France
- In conversation with Achille Mbembe,
- Interview conducted on February 8, 2024 by Caroline Roussy,
- Romane Lucq,
- et al.
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2024/1 No 133)
Afrofuturism and the notion of the world becoming black
In Politique africaine (2014/4 No 136)
Coloniality and postcolonial relations
- Interview with Achille Mbembe,
- conducted by Azzedine Hajji
In La Revue Nouvelle (2018/1)
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Articles
The end of a historical cycle: Reframing relations between Africa and France
- In conversation with Achille Mbembe,
- Interview conducted on February 8, 2024 by Caroline Roussy,
- Romane Lucq,
- et al.
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2024/1 No 133)
Sustainable development
“International institutions are no longer suitable”
- By Achille Mbembe,
- Guillaume Lafortune,
- Interview conducted by Benoît Hervieu-Léger
In Projet (2024/1 No 398)
Purging Africa of the desire for Europe
In Le Débat (2019/3 No 205)
Deglobalization
- By Achille Mbembe,
- Translated by Isabelle Chaize
In Esprit (2018/12 December)
Afrocomputation
- By Achille Mbembe,
- Interview with Bregtje van der Haak
In Multitudes (2017/4 No 69)
“Colonialism was nothing but a (colossal) tangent”
Coloniality and postcolonial relations
- Interview with Achille Mbembe,
- conducted by Azzedine Hajji
In La Revue Nouvelle (2018/1)
Afrofuturism and the notion of the world becoming black
In Politique africaine (2014/4 No 136)
When Africa Emerges from the Shadows
In Projet (2014/1 No 338)
The Time of Africa Will Come
In Le Débat (2011/1 No 163)
Does France need to be provincialized?
In Politique africaine (2010/3 No 119)
Nicolas Sarkozy’s Africa
In Mouvements (2007/4 No 52)
What is postcolonial thinking?
An interview with Achille Mbembe
- By Achille Mbembe,
- Interviewed by Olivier Mongin,
- Nathalie Lempereur,
- et al.
In Esprit (2006/12 December)
The colony: Its dirty little secret and its “cursed lot”
In Politique africaine (2006/2 No 102)
Variations on the Beautiful in the Congolese World of Sounds
In Politique africaine (2005/4 No 100)
The Idle Republic
France in Post-Colonial Times
In Le Débat (2005/5 No 137)
An Essay on Politics as a Form of Expenditure
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2004/1 No 173-174)
Life Politics and Specular Violence in Amos Tutuola's Novels
In Cahiers d’études africaines (2003/4 No 172)
Notes On the Power of Fakes
In Le Débat (2002/1 No 118)
