#africanphilosophy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #africanphilosophy, aggregated by home.social.
-
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 Centerhttps://www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/11/03/justice-in-acholi/
#Acholi #africanphilosophy #philosophy #justice #MoralPhilosophy #politicalphilosophy #responsibility #Uganda #worldphilosophies
-
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
-
The Linguistic Politics of Ethiopian Philosophy:
Navigating Tradition, Modernity, and Globalization between Ge’ez, Amharic and EnglishFasil Merawi (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
Jonathan Egid (SOAS University of London)July 10, 2025, 2:15 pm (CEST)
Cultural Campus, Aula & Live Stream#africanphilosophy #amharic #Ethiopia #geez #linguistics
#politics -
Philosophizing in Yorùbá: Exploring a People’s Weltanschauung
Lecture by Abosede IpadeolaJune 26, 2025, 2 pm (CEST)
Cultural Campus, Aula & Live StreamPart of the Lecture Series Philosophizing in African Languages
-
A Genetic-Analytic Approach to Philosophizing in Akan
Lecture by Richmond KwesiJune 19, 2025, 2 pm (CEST)
Cultural Campus, Aula & Live Stream#africanphilosophy #Akan #ghana #kwasiwiredu #language #philosophy
-
Sub-Saharan Islamic Archives and African Philosophy
Research Talk with Ousmane KaneRead the full summary: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/06/02/sub-saharan-islamic-archives/
#africanphilosophy #philosophy #IslamicStudies #senegal #nigeria #Subsaharanafrica
-
From Césaire to Glissant: African Philosophy between Literature, Politics, and Multilingual Thought
Interview with Romuald Fonkoua
#africanphilosophy #AiméCésaire #diaspora #ÉdouardGlissant #francophone #frantzfanon #LéopoldSédarSenghor #literature #Mudimbe
-
Poetic Polylogue: Philosophical Voices from the Swahili Coast
Research Talk with Kai Kresse, Najeeb Ahmad and Kadara SwalehRead the full text on our website: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/05/26/poetic-polylogue-philosophical-voices-from-the-swahili-coast-with-kai-kresse-najeeb-ahmad-and-kadara-swaleh/
#africanphilosophy #Multilingualism #poetry #swahili #philosophy
-
Ubuntu and the Ethics of Dialogue
Research Talk with Mogobe RamoseRead a summary of the debate here: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/05/20/ubuntu-and-the-ethics-of-dialogue-with-mogobe-ramose/
-
Suffering as a Common Ground for Philosophizing
Research Talk with Rolf ElberfeldDuring this engaged academic exchange, participants critically explored Elberfeld’s innovative approach to philosophizing, emphasizing suffering as a commonly shared, relational phenomenon rather than an abstract, epistemic notion.
Read a summary of the discussion here:
https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/05/14/suffering-as-a-common-ground-for-philosophizing-with-rolf-elberfeld/#africanphilosophy #intercultural #phenomenology, #relationality #suffering #vulnerability #philosophy
-
The Art and Philosophical Significance of Storytelling
Summer School 2025
Call for ParticipantsOrganizers: Abosede Priscilla Ipadeola / Nikitta Dede Abena Adjirakor / Anke Graness
#philosophy #storytelling #africanphilosophy #latinamerica #caribbean #africa
-
New on our website: "African Feminism and Care Ethics"
In this Research Talk, Dr. Ipadeola and the GloPhi team explore how African feminist philosophy engages with questions of care, autonomy, and cultural dynamics. The concept of "ancestralism" shows how African thought can enrich global discussions on ethics and responsibility.
#GlobalPhilosophy #Feminism #Philosophy #CareEthics #AfricanPhilosophy
-
Rethinking Philosophy with Fabian Eboussi Boulaga
Abbed Kanoor (Hildesheim University)Lecture, January 9, 2025, 6 p.m.
Universität Hildesheim, Hörsaal 2
Live-Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB7WXoeODuU -
The dominant Europe-centred paradigm in #CooperativeEconomics means the field is working with an incomplete, therefore inadequate, record of the rich diversity of ways people have understood and practised cooperation as an economic strategy. For instance, the #AfricanPhilosophy of #Ubuntu imparts a model in which cooperation is a perpetually sought ideal state and seeking it creates cooperative economic relations.
Read more in my blog from the #AtlanticFellows at LSE: https://afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/blogs/how-piecing-together-an-ubu-ntu-cooperative-model-made-me-want-to-write-again