ABSTRACT
This interview was conducted in Bergen, Norway on November 31, 2018 in connection with Professor Achille Mbembe’s keynote address at the Annual Holberg Debate at the University of Bergen by Torbjørn Tumyr Nilsen of the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen. An early Norwegian version of the interview was first published by Klassekampen on December 1, 2018. The transcript had been edited, footnoted, referenced and amended for clarity by Sindre Bangstad, Research Professor, KIFO (Institute for Church, Religion and Worldview Research) in Oslo, Norway. Achille Mbembe has revisited the transcript and substantially amended it where necessary. It is now published with his consent.
