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Obenga was born in 1936 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. [1] Théophile Obenga has studied a wide variety of subjects and has obtained a wide range of degrees. His degrees include: M.A. in Philosophy (University of Bordeaux, France) M.Ed. (University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.) M.A. in History (University of Paris, Sorbonne)
Some of the topics explored by Africana philosophy include pre-Socratic African philosophy and modern-day debates discussing the early history of Western philosophy, post-colonial writing in Africa and the Americas, black resistance to oppression, black existentialism in the United States, and the meaning of "blackness" in the modern world. [1]
Africana philosophy is the work of philosophers of African descent and others whose work deals with the subject matter of the African diaspora. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
African philosophy is philosophy produced by African people, philosophy that presents African worldviews, or philosophy that uses distinct African philosophical methods. African philosophers may be found in the various academic fields of philosophy, such as metaphysics , epistemology , moral philosophy , and political philosophy .
There is a rich and written history of ancient African philosophy - for example from ancient Egypt, Ethiopia, and Mali (Timbuktutu, Djenne). [1] [11] In general, the ancient Greeks acknowledged their Egyptian forebears, [1] and in the fifth century BCE, the philosopher Isocrates declared that the earliest Greek thinkers traveled to Egypt to seek knowledge; one of them Pythagoras of Samos, who ...
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Etieyibo was a member of the African Philosophy Society’s international steering committee for the third biennial African Philosophy World Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2019. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In 2018, he presented one of the keynote addresses at the biennial conference of the International Social Ontology Society in Boston , Massachusetts.
Afrophone philosophy refers to the use of African languages to express and elaborate philosophical ideas, critiques and analysis, establishing a distinct dimension of African philosophy from the academically prevalent use of European languages introduced during the colonial period. [1]