Valentin-Yves Mudimbe is Newman Ivey White Distinguished Professor of Literature, Emeritus, at Duke University.

“For all who would take ‘decolonization’ seriously, The Scent of the Father exemplifies the praxis of radical rethinking that must be engaged in and is, thus, required reading.”Lucius T. Outlaw (Jr.), W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University“This translation, which is very timely within the broader context of debates about ‘decolonizing the curriculum’… will thus be eagerly welcomed by non-francophone readers.”French Studies Journal

• Foreword – Felwine SarrPrefaceI. POSITIONS1. A Sign, a Scent2. What Order of African Discourse?3. Theoretical Problems in the Social Sciences and Humanities4. Christianity, a Question of Life?II. ANALYSES AND TENDENCIES1. Society, Education, Creativity2. Cultural Cooperation and Dialogue3. Universities – What Future?4. Western Cultural Power and ChristianityIII. QUESTIONS AND OPENINGS1. “Niam M’Paya”: At the Sources of an African Thinking2. On African Literature3. Sorcery: A Language and a Theory4. And What Will God Become?5. Interdisciplinarity and Educational Science6. Immediate History: An African Practice of Dialectical Materialism7. The Price of SinIV. IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION: What Murder of the Father?ReferencesNotesIndex

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe is Newman Ivey White Distinguished Professor of Literature, Emeritus, at Duke University.

“For all who would take ‘decolonization’ seriously, The Scent of the Father exemplifies the praxis of radical rethinking that must be engaged in and is, thus, required reading.”Lucius T. Outlaw (Jr.), W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University“This translation, which is very timely within the broader context of debates about ‘decolonizing the curriculum’… will thus be eagerly welcomed by non-francophone readers.”French Studies Journal

• Foreword – Felwine SarrPrefaceI. POSITIONS1. A Sign, a Scent2. What Order of African Discourse?3. Theoretical Problems in the Social Sciences and Humanities4. Christianity, a Question of Life?II. ANALYSES AND TENDENCIES1. Society, Education, Creativity2. Cultural Cooperation and Dialogue3. Universities – What Future?4. Western Cultural Power and ChristianityIII. QUESTIONS AND OPENINGS1. “Niam M’Paya”: At the Sources of an African Thinking2. On African Literature3. Sorcery: A Language and a Theory4. And What Will God Become?5. Interdisciplinarity and Educational Science6. Immediate History: An African Practice of Dialectical Materialism7. The Price of SinIV. IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION: What Murder of the Father?ReferencesNotesIndex

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe is Newman Ivey White Distinguished Professor of Literature, Emeritus, at Duke University.

“For all who would take ‘decolonization’ seriously, The Scent of the Father exemplifies the praxis of radical rethinking that must be engaged in and is, thus, required reading.”Lucius T. Outlaw (Jr.), W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University“This translation, which is very timely within the broader context of debates about ‘decolonizing the curriculum’… will thus be eagerly welcomed by non-francophone readers.”French Studies Journal

• Foreword – Felwine SarrPrefaceI. POSITIONS1. A Sign, a Scent2. What Order of African Discourse?3. Theoretical Problems in the Social Sciences and Humanities4. Christianity, a Question of Life?II. ANALYSES AND TENDENCIES1. Society, Education, Creativity2. Cultural Cooperation and Dialogue3. Universities – What Future?4. Western Cultural Power and ChristianityIII. QUESTIONS AND OPENINGS1. “Niam M’Paya”: At the Sources of an African Thinking2. On African Literature3. Sorcery: A Language and a Theory4. And What Will God Become?5. Interdisciplinarity and Educational Science6. Immediate History: An African Practice of Dialectical Materialism7. The Price of SinIV. IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION: What Murder of the Father?ReferencesNotesIndex