Achille Mbembe

Achille Mbembe is a research professor in history and politics at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

"As ciências sociais e as humanidades não são um luxo": Manifesto contra cortes de verbas para Ciências Humanas no Brasil

Mais de mil acadêmicos de universidades de todo o mundo assinaram nesta segunda-feira um manifesto contra a eventual redução de recursos para as faculdades de Ciências Humanas. Español. English.

By Achille Mbembe, The Gender International, Etienne Balibar and Seyla Benhabib

/ 8 May 2019

"As ciências sociais e as humanidades não são um luxo": Manifesto contra cortes de verbas para Ciências Humanas no Brasil

"Las ciencias sociales y las humanidades no son un lujo": Manifiesto contra los recortes para las Ciencias Humanas en Brasil

Más de mil académicos de universidades de todo el mundo firmaron el lunes un manifiesto contra la eventual reducción de recursos para las facultades de Ciencias Humanas propuesto por el gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro. Portugues. English.

By Achille Mbembe, The Gender International, Etienne Balibar and Seyla Benhabib

/ 8 May 2019

"Las ciencias sociales y las humanidades no son un lujo": Manifiesto contra los recortes para las Ciencias Humanas en Brasil

Whiteness without apartheid: the limits of racial freedom

Thirteen years after the formal abolition of apartheid, South Africa is no longer what it used to be. Whether by design or not, the country is undergoing multiple transitions, at

By Achille Mbembe

/ 4 Jul 2007

South Africas second coming: the Nongqawuse syndrome

The deputy chair of the South African Institute of International Relations, Moeletsi Mbeki speaking recently at Witwatersrand University, made an arresting comparison between the current political situation in South Africa