Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-252).
Contents:
Preface -- What philosophy is and is not -- Africa and its philosophical thought : nature, scope and pragmatics -- African philosophy, debates, and Henry Odera Oruka's six trends -- Philosophical genres and movements in Africa -- Ubuntu/Unhu/Vumunhu : a principal moral compass for the Southern African world -- Pan-Africanism and the search for Africa's framework for sustainable development -- Nyerereism : a blend of African communalism and socialism -- Nkrumahism : a search for the logic of African unity and consciencism -- African philosophy, cultural identity and globalisation : confronting fear, terror, and uncertainty -- Democracy and human rights talk : Africa's post-colonial challenge.
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