Joseph-Achille Mbembe, wanda aka fi sani da Achille Mbembe (/ əmˈbɛmbeɪ /; an haifeshi 1957), masanin Falsafa ne dan Kamaru, masanin siyasa, da kuma masaniyar jama'a. An haifi Mbembe kusa da Otélé a cikin Kamarar Faransa a 1957. Ya sami digirinsa na Ph.D. a cikin tarihi a Jami'ar Sorbonne a Paris, Faransa, a cikin 1989. Daga baya ya sami D.E.A. a kimiyyar siyasa a Makarantun Instituts d'études a cikin wannan gari. Ya gudanar da alƙawura a Jami'ar Columbia da ke New York, Brookings Institution a Washington, DC, Jami'ar Pennsylvania, Jami'ar California, Berkeley, Jami'ar Yale, Jami'ar Duke da Majalisar don Ci gaban Nazarin Ilimin zamantakewa a Afirka (CODESRIA) a Dakar, Senegal. Ya kasance mataimakin farfesa ne na tarihi a Jami'ar Columbia, New York, daga 1988-1991, babban malamin binciken a Brookings Institution a Washington, DC, daga 1991 zuwa 1992, mataimakin farfesa ne na tarihi a Jami'ar Pennsylvania daga 1992 zuwa 1996, darektan zartarwa na Majalisar don Ci gaban Nazarin Ilimin zamantakewa a Afirka (Codesria) a Dakar, Senegal, daga 1996 zuwa 2000.