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In this sustained and nuanced attempt to define a genuinely African philosophy, Kwame Gyekye rejects the idea that an African philosophy consists simply of the
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Pages: 359
Authors: Kwame Gyekye
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Gyekye offers a philosophical interpretation and critical analysis of the African cultural experience in modern times, and shows how Western philosophical conce
Listening to Ourselves
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Authors: Chike Jeffers
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press

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Philosophy and an African Culture
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Kwasi Wiredu
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1980-04-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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What can philosophy contribute to African culture? What can it draw from it? Could there be a truly African philosophy that goes beyond traditional folk thought
Cultural Universals and Particulars
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Kwasi Wiredu
Categories: Philosophy
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"Wiredu's discussion of culturally defined values and concepts, as well as his attention to such timely issues as human rights, makes this book invaluable inter