Meaning of Life: An African Lens Examined
Dr. Aribiah David Attoe examines African views on life's meaning, offering new perspectives beyond traditional Western philosophy. Discover diverse concepts like the 'love view' and 'communal view'.
#AfricanPhilosophy, #MeaningOfLife, #Philosophy, #UniversityOfWitwatersrand, #DrAttoe
New research from the University of the Witwatersrand is looking at African ideas about life's meaning. This is different from older, Western ideas.
#AfricanPhilosophy, #MeaningOfLife, #Philosophy, #UniversityOfWitwatersrand, #DrAttoe
https://newsletter.tf/african-philosophy-life-meaning-wit/
Most of us learned philosophy as a Western story. A South African philosopher named Mogobe Ramose argues that wasn't an accident. I came across his essay "The Struggle for Reason in Africa" and wrote up my reading of it. If you ever wondered whose voices are missing from the philosophical conversation, this might be worth your time.
https://ronaldraadsen.substack.com/p/outside-the-canon-my-reading-of-ramoses #Philosophy #AfricanPhilosophy #Decolonization #Ubuntu #Epistemology #Humanities #Theology #CriticalThinking
Philosophies of Justice in Acholi: Responsibility in Times of Collective Suffering, Book Launch with Benedetta Lanfranchi
December 10, 2025, 5 p.m. (CET)
Hildesheim University, GloPhi Center
https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/11/03/justice-in-acholi/
#Acholi #africanphilosophy #philosophy #justice #MoralPhilosophy #politicalphilosophy #responsibility #Uganda #worldphilosophies
Displacement and Solidarity: Reflections on African Phenomenology, Interview with Abraham Olivier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUwuaefXAk
#africanphilosophy #phenomenology #displacement #Positionality #community #communality #Ubuntu #liberation #solidarity #colonialism #Apartheid #epistemicide
Altägyptische Philosophie: Sprache, Denken und geschichtliche Verflechtungen
Interview mit Amr El Hawary
Language of the Interview: German
Conducted by Anke Graness
#africa #africanphilosophy #ancientegypt #decolonization #Egypt #multilingualism #philosophy
Teaching Philosophy in Senegal: An Experience of Decolonizing the Minds, Lecture by Bado Ndoye
Part of the Workshop Places of African Philosophies
#africanphilosophy #colonialism #IslamicPhilosophy #marxism #senegal
n his lecture "Teaching Philosophy in Senegal: An Experience of Decolonizing the Minds", Prof. Bado Ndoye offers a critical reflection on the historical, political, and epistemic dimensions of philosophy teaching in postcolonial Senegal. Tracing the persistence of French curricular models and the dominance of Marxist universalism in Senegalese academic philosophy, Ndoye highlights recent efforts to re-center African intellectual traditions, including the rediscovery of figures such as Senghor and Cheikh Anta Diop. He further emphasizes the significance of Islamic philosophy and postcolonial thought as avenues for decentering Western paradigms. The lecture ultimately argues for a truly inclusive conception of the universal, grounded in the plural contributions of all cultural traditions.
Philosophizing in Many Languages: Translation, Proto-Philosophy, and Middle Voice Agency
Research Talk with Rolf Elberfeld
https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/07/18/philosophizing-in-many-languages/
#africanphilosophy #agency #Heidegger #japanesephilosophy #multilingualism #persian #language #translation
As a follow-up to his lecture “Philosophy and the Plurality of Languages” in the series Philosophizing in African Languages, Rolf Elberfeld engaged in a rich research talk with colleagues and fellows at the Center for Advanced Studies. The discussion continued the lecture’s core argument that the diversity of languages is fundamental to the practice of philosophy. In a dialogical setting, the participants explored how philosophical thinking is embedded in language, how concepts travel across linguistic worlds, and what it means to philosophize in African languages and other tongues.
Between Faith and Justice: Philosophizing as an African Nun
Interview with Dr. Christiana Idika
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9buPp0K8lw
Language of the Interview: English
Conducted by Jordan Kynes
#africanphilosophy #christianity #church #Faith #identity #justice #mercy
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