The Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxix
 Introduction: Rethinking African Philosophy in the Age of Globalization  (Adeshina Afolayan, Toyin Falola)....Pages 1-16
Front Matter ....Pages 17-17
 African Philosophy: Appraisal of a Recurrent Problematic  (Godfrey Tangwa)....Pages 19-33
 Archaeologies of African Thought in a Global Age  (Sanya Osha)....Pages 35-47
 A Philosophical Re-reading of Fanon, Nkrumah, and Cabral in the Age of Globalization and Postmodernity  (Teodros Kiros)....Pages 49-60
 Africanizing Philosophy: Wiredu, Hountondji, and Mudimbe  (D. A. Masolo)....Pages 61-73
 Oruka and Sage Philosophy: New Insights in Sagacious Reasoning  (Gail M. Presbey)....Pages 75-96
 Rethinking the History of African Philosophy  (Safro Kwame)....Pages 97-104
 The Question of African Logic: Beyond Apologia and Polemics  (Jonathan O. Chimakonam)....Pages 105-128
 Revisiting the Language Question in African Philosophy  (Godfrey Tangwa)....Pages 129-140
 Is African Studies Afraid of African Philosophy?  (Muyiwa Falaiye)....Pages 141-152
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 The Geography of African Philosophy  (Bruce B. Janz)....Pages 155-166
 Philosophy in Portuguese-Speaking Africa  (Anke Graness)....Pages 167-179
 An Interpretive Introduction to Classical Ethiopian Philosophy  (Teodros Kiros)....Pages 181-206
 Confucianism and African Philosophy  (Thaddeus Metz)....Pages 207-221
 Islamic Philosophy and the Challenge to African Philosophy  (A.G.A. Bello)....Pages 223-230
 The Philosophy of Afrocentricity  (Molefi Kete Asante)....Pages 231-244
 “Black” Philosophy, “African” Philosophy, “Africana” Philosophy: Transnational Deconstructive and Reconstructive Renovations in “Philosophy”  (Lucius T. Outlaw Jr.)....Pages 245-267
 Between Africa and the Caribbean: The Nature of Afro-Caribbean Philosophy  (Clevis Headley)....Pages 269-286
 The Advent of Black Thinkers and the Limits of Continental Philosophy  (Walter D. Mignolo)....Pages 287-301
 On Vernacular Rationality: Gadamer and Eze in Conversation  (Peter Amato)....Pages 303-313
 Sophia, Phronēsis, and the Universality of Ifá in African Philosophy  (Omotade Adegbindin)....Pages 315-330
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 Gendering African Philosophy, or: African Feminism as Decolonizing Force  (Louise du Toit, Azille Coetzee)....Pages 333-347
 Feminism(s) and Oppression: Rethinking Gender from a Yoruba Perspective  (Olayinka Oyeleye)....Pages 349-369
 Africa and the Philosophy of Sexuality  (Workineh Kelbessa)....Pages 371-389
 African Philosophy, Afropolitanism, and Africa  (Adeshina Afolayan)....Pages 391-403
 Philosophy of Nationalism in Africa  (Pieter Boele van Hensbroek)....Pages 405-416
 Sovereignty in Pre-colonial Mali and Northern Africa  (Christopher Wise)....Pages 417-429
 The Repressive State in African Literature: A Philosophical Reading  (M. S. C. Okolo)....Pages 431-446
 Re-imagining the Philosophy of Decolonization  (Messay Kebede)....Pages 447-459
 Community, Communism, Communitarianism: An African Intervention  (Ifeanyi Menkiti)....Pages 461-473
 African Humanism and Ethics: The Cases of Ubuntu and Omolúwàbí  (Bola Dauda)....Pages 475-491
 Ubuntu and the Emancipation of Law  (Leonhard Praeg)....Pages 493-506
 Philosophy and Artistic Creativity in Africa  (Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju)....Pages 507-523
 African Philosophy at the African Cinema  (Adeshina Afolayan)....Pages 525-537
 Philosophy of Science and Africa  (Helen Lauer)....Pages 539-553
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 Supporting African Renaissance: Afrocentric Leadership and the Imperative of Strong Institutions  (Lesiba Teffo)....Pages 557-570
 Africa and the Philosophy of Democratic Governance  (Polycarp Ikuenobe)....Pages 571-584
 Indigenous (African) Knowledge Systems, Science, and Technology  (Kai Horsthemke)....Pages 585-603
 African Philosophy and the Challenge of Science and Technology  (Helen Lauer)....Pages 605-620
 Humanitatis-Eco (Eco-Humanism): An African Environmental Theory  (Michael Onyebuchi Eze)....Pages 621-632
 Ubuntu and the Environment  (Edwin Etieyibo)....Pages 633-657
 African Philosophy in a World of Terror  (Leonhard Praeg)....Pages 659-670
 Yorùbá Conception of Peace  (Adebola B. Ekanola)....Pages 671-680
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 African Philosophy and Education  (Kai Horsthemke)....Pages 683-701
 Ritual Archives  (Toyin Falola)....Pages 703-728
 Philosophy‚ Education‚ and Art in Africa  (John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji)....Pages 729-764
 Teaching African Philosophy and a  Postmodern Dis-Position  (Philip Higgs)....Pages 765-778
 An African Philosophy for Children: Towards a Situated Paradigm  (Amasa Philip Ndofirepi)....Pages 779-793
 African Philosophy as a Multidisciplinary Discourse  (Thaddeus Metz)....Pages 795-812
 A Bibliographical Report on African Philosophy  (Anthony Onyemaechi Chukwu)....Pages 813-826
Back Matter ....Pages 827-867