The sudden entry of ‘cultural studies’ into the critical theoretical scene has shaken the epistemic stronghold of the heritage of the enlightenment. In spite of disapproval by part of the established academia, the caravan of post-colonialism continues on its path, unshaken, in an increasingly epileptic world driven by algorithms. To be relevant, this intellectual trend cannot however remain silent on the paradigmatic revolution still at play in the field of so-called exact sciences since Einstein. The long reign of this cognitive disconnect is coming to an end and the multidisciplinary paradigm is gaining ground unabated. We are going to follow the red thread of this metamorphosis through mathematics, biology, physics, astrophysics, among other disciplines, and explore how, since the dawn of the last century, rose a new mindset that would not be shunned by Southern explorers of reality, given pre-eminence by environmental perils. Welcome to the Anthropocene.
About Lionel Manga
After graduating with a Science Baccalaureate in 1973, Lionel Manga arrived in France after the crisis caused both by the first oil crash and by the Chilean political turmoil. He embarked on an Economic Analysis and Business Management course at the UER (Paris 1 – Tolbiac). Passionate about rock and jazz-rock, with Fela Ramsone Kuti and Manu Dibango as a backdrop, he joined far-left movements, delved into the writings of major philosophers, such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Kostas Axelos, and Herbert Marcuse, who challenged the mechanisms underlying capitalist domination and alienation. He self-ejected from university in 1976. Thanks to a cunning ploy by Reverend Engelberg Mveng and his parents, he was made to return to Cameroun on February 18th, 1978. Instead of being given a chance to explain himself, his passport was quite simply confiscated.
This free spirit therefore delved deep into this Cameroon led by Ahmadou Ahidjo and his single-party system. Sleepless nights became his refuge. Books and the high-tech magazine Science became his bunker in a context of widespread mind-numbness. He was part of the first output by Les Têtes brûlées in 1988, having introduced the late Zanzibar to the music of Jimi Hendrix. From 1992 to 1996, he presented an extremely popular morning program three times a week at 7:45 on environmental challenges entitled Klorofil, dubbing himself The Little Green Man. The morning and suave voice on FM 94 took on a face during the African Logik season. He was the first to organize rap/hip-hop concerts in this mythic venue of Yaounde as well as a memorable Bob Marley tribute in 1997, which was broadcast live.