Who counts as an intellectual? In many traditions, the figure of the intellectual is tied to the search for truth, social ...

CU Boulder PhD candidate Idowu Odeyemi argues that African philosophy should not be limited to a single definition “To define African philosophy is to limit it,” argues Idowu Odeyemi, a PhD candidate ...

When renowned Ghanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu passed on in early 2022, Benin’s Paulin J. Hountondji was left alone to adopt the mantle of “Africa’s greatest living philosopher”. With one possible ...

Today justice is one of the most complicated matters to speak about globally. These complications arise from cultural relativism and historical injustices. Failed reconciliation processes, global ...

Maurier, H. Do we have an African philosophy?--Wright, R. A. Investigating African philosophy.--Keita, L. The African philosophical tradition.--Olela, H. The African ...

He rebelled against efforts to force African ways of thinking into the European worldview. His thoughts had the effect of a bomb in African intellectual life. By Adam Nossiter Paulin Hountondji, a ...

The Congolese philosopher and writer Valentin Yves Mudimbe passed away on April 22, aged 83. He leaves behind a seminal body of work contributing to the discourse on colonisation and African ...

Professor Katrin Flikschuh is professor of political theory in LSE's School of Government.he joined the LSE Government Department in 2003, having previously held positions in philosophy at the ...

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Critiqued by Austin J. Shelton, "Strange syncretisms: the interpretation of African religion via Christ and Europe," Conch (Austin, TX) 2 (1) March 1970, pages 35-43. siris_sil_42888 ...