Module :An introduction to African Philosophy (semester3)
This semester will highlight contemporary African philosophers and their views on philosophy and African philosophy and its connections to the West.It will focus on some famous African philosophers , namely, K.Wiredu, P.Hountondji, H.O.Oruka and Y.V.Mudimbe.The program is designed as follows:
1-Kwasi Wiredu : ‘how not to campare traditional African thought with Western thought’ (1976)
2-Paulin Hountondji : ‘ on African philosophy’
3-Henry Odera Oruka : Trends in African philosophy-
4-Y.V.Mudimbe :Development of an African Philosophy and the reinvention of Africa by its philosophers.
References :
-Mudimbe, Valentin Yves (1988) The Invention of Africa (Illinois: Indiana University Press).
-Oruka, Henry Odera (1990a) Trends in Contemporary African Philosophy (Nairobi, Kenya: Shirikon Publishers).
-Oruka, Henry Odera (1990b) Sage Philosophy and the Modern Debate on African Philosophy (Leiden: Brill Publishers).
-Wiredu, Kwasi (1995) Conceptual Decolonization in African Philosophy: Four Essays ed. Olusegun Oladipo (Ibadan, Nigeria: Hope Publications)
-Wiredu, Kwasi (1980) Philosophy and an African Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
This semester will highlight contemporary African philosophers and their views on philosophy and African philosophy and its connections to the West.It will focus on some famous African philosophers , namely, K.Wiredu, P.Hountondji, H.O.Oruka and Y.V.Mudimbe.The program is designed as follows:
1-Kwasi Wiredu : ‘how not to campare traditional African thought with Western thought’ (1976)
2-Paulin Hountondji : ‘ on African philosophy’
3-Henry Odera Oruka : Trends in African philosophy-
4-Y.V.Mudimbe :Development of an African Philosophy and the reinvention of Africa by its philosophers.
References :
-Mudimbe, Valentin Yves (1988) The Invention of Africa (Illinois: Indiana University Press).
-Oruka, Henry Odera (1990a) Trends in Contemporary African Philosophy (Nairobi, Kenya: Shirikon Publishers).
-Oruka, Henry Odera (1990b) Sage Philosophy and the Modern Debate on African Philosophy (Leiden: Brill Publishers).
-Wiredu, Kwasi (1995) Conceptual Decolonization in African Philosophy: Four Essays ed. Olusegun Oladipo (Ibadan, Nigeria: Hope Publications)
-Wiredu, Kwasi (1980) Philosophy and an African Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).