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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)
Beyond the linguistic aspect, the concept has also been proposed as an alternative to the restrictions of previous projects of traditional, Indigenous philosophy, and ethnophilosophy. [1] Contemporary Afrophone philosophies are profoundly inspired by the more mature development of written Afrophone literatures, as exemplified by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
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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 ...
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.
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