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Textures of African Thought: Analyticity and Apologia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Sanya Osha
Sanya Osha*
Affiliation:
Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
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Sanya Osha, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Email: babaosha@yahoo.com
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Abstract

The debates concerning what ought to be the nature and orientations of African philosophy are long drawn-out. These debates reflect the different conceptual approaches to the invention of contemporary practices of African philosophy between Anglophone and Francophone modes of philosophizing. This article reflects on these differences as well the continuing problems of creating modern African philosophical traditions. In doing so, it demonstrates why some methodological presuppositions are inadequate in grappling with some forms of sociality and the more general dilemmas of modernity and also applauds the efforts of some contemporary African thinkers who have adopted a multidisciplinary approach to overcome internal discursive limitations within the field.

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Diogenes , Volume 59 , Issue 3-4: Africana Philosophy , November 2012, pp. 149 - 167
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Copyright © ICPHS 2013

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