7 to 9 August 2013
ELRC, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
This colloquium is organised by the Thinking Africa project
of the
Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes
University, in
collaboration with Grant Farred from Cornell University. The
colloquium
reflects on the work of VY Mudimbe using these reflections
to consider the
current situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Participants in
the colloquium include VY Mudimbe (Duke, USA), Grant Farred
(Cornell, USA),
Gervais Désiré Yamb (Ottawa, Canada), Fabien Eboussi Boulaga
(Yaoundé,
Cameroon) Olga Hel-Bongo (Laval, Québec), Justin K. Bisanswa
(Laval, Québec)
and Kasereka Kavwahirehi (Ottawa, Canada).
VY Mudimbe's forthcoming book On African Fault Lines will be
launched on the
eve of the colloquium.
The annual Thinking Africa colloquia provide opportunities
for lengthy
debates on topical issues related to Africa. Postgraduate
students in the
Department of Political and International Studies
participate in the
colloquia, each of which is tied to a course offered in the
Department. For
more information on the Thinking Africa project, visit our
webpage at
