The first definition of a philosopher in world history. Not only is the word philosophy not greek, the practice of philosophy existed long before the greeks. The specific concept of narrative in african philosophy and its value for crosscultural understanding will surface often and be developed in. List of books and articles about african philosophy. Theophile obenga in a 2009 photograph theophile obenga born 1936 in the republic of the congo is professor emeritus in the africana studies center at san francisco state university. Books by theophile obenga author of african philosophy. Egyptian and black african languages mainly of kongosaharan is well established. Obenga is a proponent of panafricanism and has advocated a number of theories such as a negroegyptian language family negroegyptien including all languages of africa.
From january 28 to february 3, 1974 at cairo, egypt, obenga accompanied cheikh anta diop as africas. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Pdf to western scholars, africa has no history no philosophy and as such do not possess the cognitive power. Ancient egyptian astronomy dr theophile obenga the oldest pharaonic astronomical texts date back to the ninth egyptian dynasty c. Ancient egypt and black africa theophile obenga on. The long awaited english translation of theophile obengas african philosophy. He was born in 1936 in brazzaville, french equatorial africa today in the republic of. Afrocentricity as an idea and a philosophy gained momentum during the civil rights movement in the united states of america. He is a politically active proponent of panafricanism and an afrocentrist. Conceptions of history in the works of cheikh anta diop. Providing evidence of the accomplishment and superiority of ancient egyptian philosophy, this examination of african and comparative philosophy covers science, medicine, textile chemistry. Cheikh anta diop and theophile obenga, by chris gray. On african philosophy volume 3, february 2002 on african education ancient and modern volume 4, february 2003. Dynasty akhenaten amenophis amon ancient egypt ancient egyptian antiquity aristotle astronomical atum bambara base.
They gave the names of thirtysix stars which rise within ten. The dynamic character of egyptian thinking on existence. He is the director and chief editor of the journal ankh. This hardtofind gem of a book is a blessing from the master of wisdom himself jhwty. We have ancient egypt and black africa pdf, doc, djvu, epub, txt forms. A companion to african philosophy wiley online books. Theophile obenga s most popular book is african philosophy during the period of the pharaohs. A series of lexical data gives to the comparison its systematic appearance1. This meeting remains one of the single most important and famous defenses of african intellectual and historical integrity in the modern era.
The dynamic character of egyptian thinking on existence the egyptian conception of the universe. Theophile obenga, maulana karenga and mubabingo bilolo, do not rely on such comparative analysis alone. Marcus garvey was one of the most influential propagators of the ideology. The university of ibadan used to study these topics in its classics department. Full text of encyclopedia of african religion see other formats.
Theophile obenga, who has published extensively on the egyptian origin of african philosophy, has contributed an article titled egypt. The most influential book advocating it was published in 1954. Masolo 3 precolonial african philosophy in arabic 66. Africanafricana philosophy bibliography philpapers. African philosophy in world history by theophile obenga. Obenga holds a phd in humanities from the university of paris centre international des civilisations bantu ciciba in libreville, gabon. A companion to african philosophy electronic resource in. Moreover, henry olela, theophile obenga, cheikh anta diop and innocent onyewuenyi demonstrate that the origins of dialectical logic, if not dialectical critique, are rooted in african philosophy. Obenga on egyptian science african indigenous science. Catalogtheophile obenga african philosophy, the pharaonic period. This meeting remains one of the single most important and famous defenses of african intellectual and historical integrity in the modern era, and, according to obengas and diops followers. Imhotep, ptahhotep, amenemhat, merikare, duauf, amenhotep, son of hapu, akhenaten.
This is a great book written by a truly intellectual genius of his own rank. Cheikh anta diop 29 december 1923 7 february 1986 was a afrocentric 1 historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human races origins and precolonial african culture. Place, deleuze and guattari, and african philosophy by janz, bruce b philosophy today, vol. Often, theophile obenga is regarded as a second fiddle to cheikh anta who was really an enormous multidisciplinary master. African cosmology and the duality of western hegemony. Professor mary lefkowitz work pales besides the research done by cornell professor martin bernal, black athena, the late cheikh anta diop, author of civilization or barbarism, and temple. The linguistic studies over the past 5 decades had provided enough information to seriously challenge the current classification of african languages in general and the ancient egyptian language in particular. Baba obenga gives us a wide selection from the living thought of kmt that. Ancient egyptian concepts of philosophy the first definition of a philosopher in world history.
The origin of the afrocentric philosophy cannot be established with certainty. I had learned through correspondences with egypts supreme council of culture that the. Theophile obenga has 29 books on goodreads with 521 ratings. Afrocentric philosophy the philosophy of afrocentricity as expounded by molefi kete asante and ama mazama, central figures of the temple school, is a way of answering all cultural, economic, political. The cultural unity of black africa, the domains of matriarchy and of. Pdf the uniqueness of african philosophy researchgate. The south african studentworker uprisings in light of just war theory. Student revolt, decolonisation and governance in south. The affirmation of the existence of african philosophy has seen an upsurge in publications, appearing as anthologies, journal articles, and books on specific philosophical themes with african flavor. Ancient history of african philosophy wiley online library. On hamitic hypothesis, four african scholars, cheikh anta diop, theophile.
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