African philosophy

This article is about African philosophy. For the two journals called African Philosophy see African Philosophy (1369-6823) and African Philosophy (1533-1067). For informaton on African philosophers and philosophy on the African diaspora, see Africana philosophy.

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African philosophy is used in different ways by different philosophers. Although African philosophers spend their time doing work in many different areas, such as metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy, a great deal of the literature is taken up with a debate concerning the nature of African philosophy itself. Though this is often criticised^{[by whom?]} as being sterile and self-absorbed, it can nevertheless provide useful insights into the nature of philosophy in general.

See also

Africa portal

• List of African American philosophers
• African philosophers
• Ethiopian philosophy

Further reading

• Peter O. Bodunrin Philosophy in Africa: Trends and Perspectives (1985: University of Ife Press)
• Paulin J. Hountondji African Philosophy: Myth and Reality (1983: Bloomington, Indiana University Press)
• Samuel Oluoch Imbo An Introduction to African Philosophy (1998: Rowman & Littlefield) ISBN 0-8476-8841-0
• Bruce B. Janz "African Philosophy" PDF
• Safro Kwame Reading in African Philosophy: An Akan Collection (1995: University Press of America) ISBN 0-8191-9911-7
• H. Odera Oruka [ed.] Sage Philosophy [Volume 4 in Philosophy of History and Culture] (1990: E.J. Brill) ISBN 90-04-09283-8, ISSN 0922-6001
• Tsenay Serequeberhan [ed.] African Philosophy: The Essential Readings (1991: Paragon House) ISBN 1-55778-309-8
• Placide Tempels, La philosophie bantoue (Bantu Philosophy), Elisabethville, 1945, Full text in French here.
• Kwasi Wiredu Philosophy and an African (1980: Cambridge University Press)
• Kwasi Wiredu [ed.] A Companion to African Philosophy (2004: Blackwell)
• Kwasi Wiredu Toward Decolonizing African Philosophy And Religion In: African Studies Quarterly, The Online Journal for African Studies, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1998
• Olabiyi Babalola Yai, Guest Editor: African Studies Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 4 (1998): Religion and Philosophy in Africa

External links

• African Philosophy Pages — a huge site maintained by Bruce Janz
• African Philosophy — maintained by Peter J. King
• African Philosophy — African Studies Centre
• The Making of a Tradition: African Philosophy in the New Millenium by Dismas A. Masolo
• "African Sage Philosophy" article by Dismas Masolo in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy