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Book Review: African Philosophy: Reflections on Yoruba Metaphysics and Jurisprudence

, 2019
Book Title: African Philosophy: Reflections on Yoruba Metaphysics and JurisprudenceBook Author: Oladele Abiodun BalogunPublisher: Xcel Publishers. Pages: 387.
Oduwole, Ebunoluwa Olufemi
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Divine Determinism and the Problem of Hell

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2018
Divine determinism, though affirmed by many Calvinists, implicates God in the decisions people make that ultimately damn them to the terrible destiny of hell. In this paper, the authors argue that this scenario is a problem for divine determinism.
Stratton Tim, Erasmus Jacobus
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A Critical Review of Alexis Kagame’s Four Categories of African Philosophy

, 2011
Philosophy as a rational enterprise is and remains the search for truth. This endeavour is basically centred on man and his activities. This man as a rational animal is a product of culture and this underscores the continued rapport between culture and ...
Ukwamedua, NU
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Philosophy for children: the quest for an African perspective

South African Journal of Education, 2011
The debate as to whether philosophy is suitable for children is an ancient one and the discussion of philosophical issues has been withheld from the young since Plato's time.
Amasa Philip Ndofirepi
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Book Review -The limitations of Bernard Matolino’s “limited communitarianism”: Continuing the conversations on personhood in African philosophy

, 2016
A review of [Personhood in African Philosophy] 2014. Cluster Publications: Pietermaritzburg. Paperback. Pp 192 Author: Bernard Matolino Discipline: African Philosophy Category: African Philosophy ISBN: 978 1 920620 059 Price: Not stated.
Edet, Mesembe Ita
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African Philosophy: The question of history

, 2015
This article examines the question of the history of African Philosophy. The questions addressed here are how old is African Philosophy? When and how did it really begin? When and where do we begin the writing of the history of African Philosophy?
Azenabor, G
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Contemporary African philosophy, identity and the question of African languages

, 2015
The issue of African identity is arguably the central plank of contemporary African philosophy due mainly to historical and contextual reasons. While the almost inadvertent attention to the theme highlights African philosophy as a discipline that is ...
Ezenwa-Ohaeto, N, Oguejiofor, JO
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Socialism as an African Social and Political Philosophy: Senghor’s Paradigm

, 2009
The paper interrogates the meanings and practices of African political thoughts, especially the theory put forward by Leopold Sedar Senghor. What is the distinguishing factor of African Socialism?
Azenabor, G, G Azenabor
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Lost in the Haysack: A Lecture on Mesembe Edet’s Women in the His-Story of Philosophy and the Imperative for a Her-Storical Perspective in Contemporary African Philosophy

Arụmarụka
The author uses the conversational method in this essay to examine Mesembe Edet’s work on “Women in the His-Story of Philosophy and the Imperative for a ‘Her-storical’ Perspective in Contemporary African Philosophy.” It scrutinizes the dangers of a ...
Christiana Ngozi Calice M. IDIKA
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Book Review: A monumental contribution to the genre of African philosophy

, 2016
A review of [Existence and Consolation: Reinventing Ontology, Gnosis and Valuesin African Philosophy].Author: Ada AgadaEditor: Jonathan O. ChimakonamPublisher: Paragon House and 3rd Logic OptionNumber of Pages: 368Reviewer: Joseph N. AGBOSenior Lecturer,
Agbo, Joseph N
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