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The prefix “African” and its implication for philosophy in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Philosophy today is often regionalized unlike science and other disciplines. Thus we talk of Western, Eastern, American and African Philosophy. To speak or write philosophy within the ambit of the prefix “African” would elicit two major responses.
Segun, ST
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Césaire’s Contribution to African Philosophy

open access: yes, 2021
The essay explicates Aimé Césaire’s contribution to the discipline of African philosophy, which ironically, is unknown to many scholars within African philosophy, especially in Anglophone Africa.
Ochieng’-Odhiambo, Frederick   +1 more
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’n Christelike Afrikafilosofie - ’n drievoudige uitdaging

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 1998
This essay provides an overview of the present state of philosophy in Africa in the following three main sections: African philosophy, Christian philosophy and an African Christian philosophy.
B. van der Walt
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Making room for more games: metaphilosophical typology and the problem of African philosophy

open access: yesActa Academica, 2009
The question concerning the philosophy of philosophy (metaphilosophy) has received little attention in philosophical discourses in the last few decades, a case in point being the debate on African philosophy.
J. C. van der Merwe
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Revisiting the Seeming Unanimous Verdict on the Great Debate on African Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The great debate on African Philosophy refers to the debate as to whether African Philosophy does exist or not. The debate aroused great interest among Philosophy scholars who were predominantly polarized into two opposing positions - those who denied ...
Agbanusi, Arinze C.
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Women in Zimunya and the musha mukadzi or umuzi ngumama philosophy for sustainable livelihoods

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
The musha mukadzi (Shona) or umuzi ngumama (Ndebele) is an African gendered philosophy that means women make up the home. This philosophy has been researched in African traditional religions (ATRs) and is interrogated from interdisciplinary angles in ...
Tracey Chirara, Sinenhlanhla S. Chisale
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Transferring and Rewriting Freedom in Euphrase Kezilahabi

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2015
Euphrase Kezilahabi, a Tanzanian poet, novelist and scholar, is an ontological and African interpreter of Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger. He transfers and rewrites Western philosophy in an African way, transforming philosophical concepts into ...
Roberto Gaudioso
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What is African Philosophy?

open access: yesArs & Humanitas, 2018
The article focuses on the concept of African philosophy. I enter the discussion with some of the earliest texts that we can classify both as philosophical and of African origin. I proceed with an overview of four approaches to philosophising in Africa,
Tadej Pirc
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The problem of language in contemporary African philosophy: some comments

open access: yesInkanyiso, 2013
A critical discussion of the contentious problem of language in contemporary African philosophy is attempted in this paper. The problem centres on whether or not African languages can be used in ‘doing’ contemporary African philosophy, where ‘doing ...
Fayemi A. Kazeem
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