![]() However, he has also critically explored the notion of Johannesburg as a metropolitan city and the work of Frantz Fanon. He is especially interested in the emergence of “Afro-cosmopolitan culture,” together with the artistic practices that are associated with it. More precisely, Mbembe investigates the “postcolony” that comes after decolonization. In the spring of 2016, he will be a visiting professor at Harvard University.Īchille Mbembe’s research interests lie in the social sciences and African history and politics. ![]() He has also held appointments at Columbia University, Berkeley, Yale University, and the University of California. Mbembe is a Research Professor of History and Politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research in Johannesburg, South Africa and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Romance Studies at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University. During his time in France, Jean-Marc Ela, Jean Leca and Jean-François Bayart had a profound influence on him. in Political Science at the Institut d’études politiques, Paris. He obtained his doctoral degree at the Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) in 1989 and subsequently obtained the D.E.A. ![]() 1957) is a philosopher, political scientist, and public intellectual. ![]()
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