The Surreptitious Speech: Présence Africaine and the Politics of Otherness, 1947-1987

Distinguished scholar V. Y. Mudimbe assembles a lively tribute to *Presence Africaine*, the landmark African studies journal begun in 1947 Paris. While it celebrates the project's forty-year history, *The Surreptitious Speech* does not naively canonize the journal but rather offers a vibrant discussion and critical reading of its context, characteristics, and significance.