"The world is burning, we talk about decline, collapse", begins to recall Achille Mbembe, in an interview with France 24 at the workshops of thought organized in Dakar. "Workshops are the place of production and dissemination of new ideas on the continent - it is imperative."
Among the themes addressed, the restitution of works of art in Africa: "The museum as it exists is a modern Western institution.The objects were intended to disseminate vital energies, to support communities. these objects must be released from the museum designed by the West in the nineteenth century, they must be taken out of captivity, "says Achille Mbembe.
On immigration, the Cameroonian philosopher deplores the fact that young people on the continent are risking their lives for a Europe "that goes around in circles, who does not want it".
As for ecology, Achille Mbembe calls to plunge into the archives. "In our pre-colonial traditions, the human was not above all, our crises, including ecological, stem from the belief that humans are superior to other species." It was not an African conception To repair the world, it is important to look in these African archives. "