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Professor Achille Mbembe FBA

Headshot of Professor Achille Mbembe FBA
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2023
Subjects
History, Politics
Sections
Africa, Asia and the Middle East , Anthropology and Geography
Website
https://wiser.wits.ac.za/people/achille-mbembe

Current post

Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), University of the Witwatersrand Research Professor in History and Politics

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