The 2024 Laureate Achille Mbembe in conversation with Hlonipha Mokoena. 

Achille Mbembe is research professor of history and politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits).

Hlonipha Mokoena is professor and acting Co-Director at WiSER, Wits University.

The interview was conducted at Wits University, on 13 March, 2024.

Achille Mbembe receives the 2024 Holberg Prize for his pioneering research in African history, postcolonial studies, humanities, and social science over four decades

Interview with 2024 Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe

The Holberg Prize is awarded annually to a scholar who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law or theology. The Prize amounts to NOK 6 000 000.

The Holberg Prize also awards the Nils Klim Prize (NOK 500 000) to young Nordic scholars in the same academic fields. 

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Interview with 2024 Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe

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