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African Philosophy
According to Théophile Obenga, four great moments can be distinguished in written African philosophy: the pharaonic era, the patristic era, the Muslim and Black-Muslim era, and the contemporary Black-African era.
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HistoricalFour great moments of written African philosophy, and the four currents of contemporary criticism.Explore →ThematicIdentity and development, Black emotion, African unity, interculturality, Philosophy · Science · Culture & Religions.Explore →QuestionsDebates · Afrocentricity · Perspectives, including the twenty questions of Issiaka-Prosper L. Lalèyè.Explore →Figures & biographiesFrom Amo to Hountondji, from Ptahhotep to Eboussi Boulaga, the thinkers and actors of the debate.Explore →
African philosophy today can be grasped in four ways: the first is a kind of inventory of philosophical life, the second consists in compiling bibliographies, the third gathers philosophical texts into anthologies, and the last is an attempt at synthesising this scattered and shifting thought.