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New forms of social apartheid and structural destitution have replaced the old colonial divisions, writes Achille Mbembe.
A high-stakes diplomatic poker game is unfolding between South Africa and France. Last month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Senegal and Gabon, two former French colonies, where some of the 11 000 troops France has garrisoned across the continent are still visible almost 50 years after independence.
An odious nostalgia is clearly present when the state protects the market with brutal force, writes Achille Mbembe.
It is no exaggeration to say that the spectre of St Augustine hung residually over the recent Sex and Secrecy conference held at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
New forms of social apartheid and structural destitution have replaced the old colonial divisions, writes Achille Mbembe.
An odious nostalgia is clearly present when the state protects the market with brutal force, writes Achille Mbembe.
A high-stakes diplomatic poker game is unfolding between South Africa and France. Last month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Senegal and Gabon, two former French colonies, where some of the 11 000 troops France has garrisoned across the continent are still visible almost 50 years after independence.
It is no exaggeration to say that the spectre of St Augustine hung residually over the recent Sex and Secrecy conference held at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
