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Achille Mbembe, Brutalism, translated by Steven Corcoran. Durham NC: Duke University Press (hb US$99.95 – 978 1 4780 2087 5; pb US$25.95 – 978 1 4780 2558 0). 2024, 196 pp. - Achille Mbembe, Brutalisme. Paris: La Découverte (pb €12 – 978 2 3480 7805 7). 2023, 246 pp. - Achille Mbembe, The Earthly Community, translated by Steven Corcoran. Rotterdam: V2 Publishers (pb €15 – 978 90 828 9353 3). 2022, 144 pp. - Achille Mbembe, La communauté terrestre. Paris: La Découverte (pb €20 – 978 2 3480 7238 3). 2023, 259 pp.

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Achille Mbembe, Brutalism, translated by Steven Corcoran. Durham NC: Duke University Press (hb US$99.95 – 978 1 4780 2087 5; pb US$25.95 – 978 1 4780 2558 0). 2024, 196 pp.
Achille Mbembe, Brutalisme. Paris: La Découverte (pb €12 – 978 2 3480 7805 7). 2023, 246 pp.
Achille Mbembe, The Earthly Community, translated by Steven Corcoran. Rotterdam: V2 Publishers (pb €15 – 978 90 828 9353 3). 2022, 144 pp.

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2025

Oliver Coates
Oliver Coates*
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Africa , Volume 94 , Issue 5 , December 2024 , pp. 747 - 750
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References

1 B and CT refer to the original texts, while BC is used for quick reference to Corcoran’s translation.

2 A. Mbembe (2017) Critique of Black Reason. Durham NC: Duke University Press; A. Mbembe (2019) Necropolitics. Durham NC: Duke University Press.

3 A. Mbembe (2001) On the Postcolony. Berkeley CA: University of California Press.

4 F. B. Nyamnjoh (2017) Drinking from the Cosmic Gourd: how Amos Tutuola can change our minds. Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG.