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Tracing Matolino’s Basis of a New Afro-Communitarian Political Theory of Democracy

Arụmarụka, 2022
Bernard Matolino is one of the outstanding philosophers who left an indelible mark on the development of African philosophy. In his philosophical works, Matolino has mainly focused on the idea of personhood in African philosophy, a critique of (African ...
Simon MAKWINJA
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Reflections on Bernard Matolino’s Contribution to Philosophy in Africa

Arụmarụka, 2022
This paper reflects on Bernard Matolino’s contribution to philosophy. For heuristic purposes, I stipulate a distinction between what we may call the negative and positive projects when considering a philosopher’s body of work. The ‘negative project’ of a
Motsamai MOLEFE
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Some Practical Applications of Bernard Matolino’s Limited Communitarianism

Arụmarụka
Bernard Matolino’s critique of both the radical and moderate communitarian conception of personhood in African philosophy has itself been widely criticized by scholars such as Anthony Oritsegbugbemi Oyowe, Kai Horsthemke, and Mesembe Edet, just to ...
Maduka ENYIMBA, Chukwuemeka AWUGOSI
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1. Should Africans Give Up on the Epistemic Decolonisation Project? A Critical Evaluation of Bernard Matolino’s “Whither Epistemic Decolonisation”

Arụmarụka
In 21st-century Africa, decolonisation has become the heartbeat of African philosophy, and epistemic decolonisation has taken the protagonist role in the theatre of African philosophy.
Brian CHIBVONGODZE
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A Strange Conversation

Arụmarụka, 2021
Jonathan Chimakonam’s advocacy of conversational thinking has taken African philosophy by storm. It is not an exaggeration to say that no one working in African philosophy, today, can say they are unaware of the so-called Conversational Society of ...
Bernard Matolino
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Bernard Matolino’s Outline of the Basis for a New Afro-Communitarian Democracy

Arụmarụka, 2022
In this paper, I engage with Bernard Matolino’s proposal for a new Afro-communitarian democracy as presented in his works “An Outline of the basis of a new Afro-communitarian political theory”, “Afro-Communitarian Democracy” and “Consensus as Democracy ...
Joyline GWARA
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Philosophers’ debt to their students: The South African case

Transformation in Higher Education, 2020
Philosophy teachers owe their students a little more than mere formal instruction of topics popular in philosophy. What they owe their students is largely influenced by philosophy’s claims to be a discipline that is principally dedicated to the study and
Bernard Matolino
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What Ubuntu Cannot Do for South Africa and Zimbabwe

Arụmarụka, 2023
Academic discourse on ubuntu, both in South Africa and Zimbabwe, coincided with the arrival of freedom in these countries. Ubuntu’s revival sought to show that there was an African alternative to the oppressive regimes that had cruelly governed both ...
Bernard MATOLINO
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What is this Thing Called the System of Conversational Thinking (SCT)? A Reply to Critics

Arụmarụka, 2021
This essay is an attempt to address some concerns raised in rejoinders to my theory. I summarise the main concerns in the question, “What is this thing called the System of Conversational Thinking?” Three respectable colleagues, Chad Harris, Bruce Janz ...
Jonathan Chimakonam
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An Outline of the Basis of a New Afro-Communitarian Political Theory of Democracy

Arụmarụka, 2022
My aim in this paper is to offer an explanation of the orientation I have adopted in my work on African political theory. This explanation is necessitated by some puzzlement that has arisen as a result of the commitment I have sought to pursue.
Bernard MATOLINO
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