THIS explains the root of African brotherliness. It also emphasizes the African notion that man is sacred and should be respected, catered for and sustained in charity by others. To walk his talk, ...

By Ben BRAKOFor centuries, African spiritual philosophy was corralled at the margins of global thought—reduced by colonial narratives to folklore, or dismissed by rationalist currents as ...

African literature encompasses a rich tapestry of narratives, philosophies, and cultural expressions that reflect the diverse experiences and beliefs of the continent's peoples. Recent research in ...

However studied, whether Igbo or any other African metaphysics, reincarnation is meant in its classical terms. The idea that a certain ancestor could reincarnate in more than one person or three at a ...

Metaphysical Africa: Truth and Blackness in the Ansaru Allah Community, published by Penn State University Press, by Michael Muhammad Knight, is an in depth look into the history and philosophies of ...

IN his monumental work, African Philosophy: A Historico-Hermeneutical Investigation of the Conditions of its Possibility (1983), he stated that “by interpreting the symbols of a culture that one can ...

The African slaves in the Western world played important roles in the establishment of African philosophy. They employed their "africanity" to rationalise the condition of their kiths and kin in ...