Notes of a thought of circulation and crossing in Achille Mbembe

Abstract

In this essay, a critical and interpretive approach to the concept of “devir black” is nowadays brought, above all, from Cameroonian thinker Achille Mbembe. His thinking is part of a context of fluidity in the understanding of these themes based on capitalist logic in the African continent and in the world. In this way, we sought to reflect the constitution of Mbembe's thought and the way he understood the practices of governance in overcoming colonial domination. It is argued that it is necessary to claim to be black in order to deny the place attributed to it, that is, to undertake a process of denial for a “becoming”. Therefore, to deny yourself as ‘the other’ of the ‘other’, but rather to assert yourself as your equal in difference. Indeed, the negative stereotypy against blacks and the deepening of differences between ethnic groups, takes on new dimensions, based on the mode of capitalist exploitation.