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Congolese-American philosopher, poet, linguist, and novelist, Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, died on 21 April in the US at the age of 83. A chain-smoking polyglot said to have mastered 10 languages, he was best known for his 1988 book, The Invention of Africa, which
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Africa’s philosophical polyglot
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Congolese-American philosopher, poet, linguist, and novelist, Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, died on 21 April in the US at the age of 83. A chain-smoking polyglot said to have mastered 10 languages, he was best known for his 1988 book, The Invention of Africa, which The post Africa’s philosophical polyglot appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and
