Only use the book, no outside sources. Only use the book (uploaded pdf version). The book is this book: Mudimbe, V. Y. The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge . Indiana University Press, 1988.
Explain one aspect or chapter of the book
Structure:
Start the response essay by answering the following questions in a page, no more:
– Why does it talk about the invention of Africa? Afterall Africa hasn’t been invented
– What does it mean that Africa has been invented? Who invented Africa?
– What does that mean for colonizers to invent Africa? How was it invented? Power dynamics
– Consequences of the invention of Africa. For Africans themselves. Capacity to define and talk about themselves
– To what extent was it bias by this initial invention of Africa?
From there write a response and reflect more specifically on one chapter of the book, it needs to pick one theme, one aspect, one chapter and the chapter must answer questions. The questions need to answer one chapter of the book.
