Groupe JOGOO
The

JOGOO Group

“Association of the Philosophers of the Rooster’s Crow”, a project of reflection on philosophical thought as a whole.

2010
Year founded
March 15, 2023
Registered as an association (no. 00000423/RDA/JO6/BAPP)
6
Autonomous sub-sites
10
Research strands

Founded in 2010

The Pro-ject

Founded in 2010, Groupe JOGOO is registered as an association under number 00000423/RDA/JO6/BAPP of March 15, 2023, under Cameroonian law, under the acronym ASPHICC-JOGOO: “Association of the Philosophers of the Rooster’s Crow.”

JOGOO is a project of reflection on philosophical thought as a whole, seeking to situate its stakes in relation to Black thought, by Africans as much as by non-Africans, on the problems and problematics of the human.

6 priorities

Objectives

  1. 01Mobilise all human and intellectual resources interested in philosophical reflection in the African socio-cultural space and its diaspora;
  2. 02Stimulate and encourage scientific and critical debate;
  3. 03Demystify African and diaspora philosophical and intellectual production;
  4. 04Reclaim or popularise the intellectual production of the thinkers who preceded us;
  5. 05Encourage publishing projects around African philosophy;
  6. 06Support researchers in their publishing projects.

See also the association’s bylaws

9 levers

Means of action

  • Organise publishing activities, conferences, seminars and webinars, and set up the means useful for their diffusion and communication;
  • Solicit and gather all the expertise necessary (academics, researchers, field experts and any qualified person) to fulfil its purpose;
  • Rely notably on its scientific committee;
  • Build partnerships with actors of intellectual life and the research world, and make useful contact with public authorities, local government and the media;
  • Develop the cooperations necessary between regions, aiming at pooling knowledge and experience in a spirit of interdisciplinarity;
  • Offer publishing assistance through its planned publishing house;
  • Initiate participatory projects to promote research, dialogue between cultures, parity and education;
  • Offer support to researchers and work on their visibility through its communications agency;
  • Carry out surveys and research, and conduct national studies.

Activities

Activities

Research strands

  • History, hermeneutics & phenomenology in African context
  • Endogenous knowledge, epistemologies, rationalities, African cultures and societies
  • Ontology, African philosophy of religion
  • Philosophy of art & African aesthetics
  • Politics, ethics, identity & genders, major contemporary issues

Organs of expression

  • JOGOO Review (review of African philosophy and culture)
  • Philo Africaine Magazine

Structures

  • Sankofa Communications (communications agency)
  • JOGOO Editions (publishing house)

Research projects

  • Eboussi Boulaga Fund
  • Research in African phenomenology and hermeneutics

Editorial line

All the content of this space is free: as posts, briefs or columns, but also as articles through the review hosted on the site. The aim is above all to contribute to the diffusion of African philosophy, often under-appreciated because it is little and/or poorly known.

The site’s content is placed under the intellectual authority of Groupe JOGOO. Publication director and site manager: Yannick Essengue, president of Groupe JOGOO. Content is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 3.0 France licence.

Some keywords

  • philosophy
  • Africa
  • African philosophy
  • conceptualisation
  • semiotics
  • hermeneutics
  • discourse
  • discursivity
  • meaning
  • signification
  • paremiology
  • identity
  • development
  • culture
  • structure
  • life
  • being
  • ontology
  • Muntu
  • interculturality
  • orality
  • writing

Governance

Resource people

President

Yannick Essengue

Vice-presidents

Adoulou N. Bitang & Sandrine Kongoue

Secretary-general

Jean René Mabwilo

Scientific committee, bylaws, membership and support: write to philoafricaine@gmail.com.

Portrait
The philosophy that we should like to see in the tradition and practices of African life, becoming the intellectual content of our philosophy, has to spring from the actual conditions of life in Africa.
– Kwame Nkrumah, Consciencism, Paris, Payot, 1965, p. 120.