# Achille Mbembe

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What Refuses to Die in Us with Charisse Louw

Some ideas find you in the middle of something else and refuse to let you go. That is what happened when I encountered Charisse Louw's work. Charisse is a South African scholar, creative practitioner, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Sociodigital Futures, completing her PhD at Stellenbosch Uni…

Historian Achille Mbembe: Africa's 'rule of gerontocracy' is coming to an end

On the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, François Picard is pleased to welcome celebrated historian and political theorist Achille Mbembe. He offers deep insight into a continent in the midst of profound psychological, sociopolitical and economic transformation. Author of "The Eart…

Achille Mbembe: What Must Remain Human in the Age of AI?

In this episode of The Future Is Human, philosopher and historian Achille Mbembe explores democracy, leadership, technology, peace, and Africa's future. From the role of young people in shaping society to the ethical limits of AI, Mbembe reflects on the challenges and opportunities facing humanity …

Necropolitics: The Two Words That Explain Why America Lets You Die

Education Is Elevation is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Two words that ruin your day: necro-politics. Stick around, because I’m about to prove to you that the United States don’t just manage life, they weaponi…

Episode 36 - Prof. Achille Mbembe: Why Africa Is Still Not Free After 70 Years

In conversation with Prof. Achille Mbembe on some of the most important questions shaping Africa's future.

A Vast Accumulation of Corpses: Necropolitics

This is a preview. To hear the entire episode and help Blood Work to survive and thrive, become a supporter on Patreon.   We take another dive into the Blood Work theory zone, looking at Cameroonian postcolonial thinker Achille Mbembe’s seminal 2003 essay on the production of death as the crownin…

Teen Girls Are Meeting for Coffee. And Changing the World

When Zoya Reebye realized there was no space in her all-girls school to talk about issues impacting Black girls, Indigenous girls and girls of colour, the then-14-year-old founded a student club called Let's Talk Women of Colour. "I wanted a space to actually discuss how difficult it can be sometim…

BE FRANK WITH MAC Ep 28 | Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi Book launch | Love and Violence | ANC | Necropolitics | ft Prof Achille Mbembe

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S9E4: Segregation with Jules Skotnes-Brown

Jules Skotnes-Brown joins Claudia on the show to discuss how segregating logics were used to govern humans and animals in South Africa’s history. This includes everything from Addo’s elephants being driven, enclosed, and “tamed”, to Kalahari San people being policed inside a national park and manag…

S9E4: Segregation with Jules Skotnes-Brown

Jules Skotnes-Brown joins Claudia on the show to discuss how segregating logics were used to govern humans and animals in South Africa’s history. This includes everything from Addo’s elephants being driven, enclosed, and “tamed”, to Kalahari San people being policed inside a national park and manag…