Whither Individuality? A Re-reading of Segun Ogungbemi’s Scholarship on Individuality-Community Debate in African Philosophy by Sunday L. Oladipupo

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The Interface Between the Written and the Oral in lfa Corpus by Omotade Adegbindin

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...The Rule of Law and Governance in Indigenous Yoruba Society: A Study in African Philosophy of Law. Lexington Books, 2016, 282 pages ... by Segun Gbadegesin

“… Review of John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji's The Rule of Law and Governance in Indigenous Yoruba Society: A Study in African Philosophy of Law. Lexington Books, 2016, 282 pages. …”
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Be Your Sister’s Keeper: Personal Experience of Travelling a Lonely Journey in Academia by Duduzile Mzindle

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Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin, Yunusa Kehinde Salami and Kola Abimbola (eds.) Exploring the Ethics of Individualism and Communitarianism. Harvest Day Publications ,2016,365p. by Adeshina Afolayan

“… A collection of critical essays on Professor Segun Gbadegesin, one of the most preeminent figures in African philosophy, is by no mean an insignificant feat. …”
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James Africanus Beale Horton on Naturalism, Baconianism, and Race Science in Victorian Philosophical Anthropology by Zeyad El Nabolsy

“…Horton’s critique of race science has important implications for philosophical anthropology as it took shape over the course of the nineteenth century and for our understanding of the history of African philosophy in its global context.…”
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Communitarianism, Personhood and Politics: Engaging with the Philosophy of Bernard Matolino (Guest Editor’s Introduction) by Mutshidzi MARAGANEDZHA

“…This special issue aims to investigate the complex landscape of communitarianism in African philosophy, with a particular focus on the heated debates surrounding radical, moderate, and limited communitarianism. …”

Some Practical Applications of Bernard Matolino’s Limited Communitarianism by Maduka ENYIMBA, Chukwuemeka AWUGOSI

“…Bernard Matolino’s critique of both the radical and moderate communitarian conception of personhood in African philosophy has itself been widely criticized by scholars such as Anthony Oritsegbugbemi Oyowe, Kai Horsthemke, and Mesembe Edet, just to mention a few. …”

Ubuntu, Umuntu and Ubuntu: A Response to Matolino and Kwindingwi by Motsamai MOLEFE, Elphus MUADE

“…That is, it distinguishes among the concepts of Ubuntu (African philosophy), ubuntu (virtue or excellence) and umuntu (a human being and the value of human dignity associated with her/him). …”

Language and the African Philosophical Traditions by Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá

“…Building on these and other works, this essay argues that: (i) incommensurability of “worldviews,” “perspectives,” “paradigms,” or “conceptual schemes” springs from deeper, more fundamental cognitive categories of logic that are coded into natural languages; and that (ii) consequently, as long as African reflective reasoning is expressed solely (or predominantly) in European languages, the authenticity of the “African” in African philosophy is questionable. …”
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Disability and Human Diversity: A Reinterpretation of Ẹni-òòṣà1 Philosophy in Yorùbá Belief by Omotade Adegbindin

“… As an exercise in African philosophy, this paper examines and demonstrates the limitations of the two popular extremes in disability studies, namely, the medical and social models of disability. …”
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A Hermeneutic Analysis of Selected Yorùbá Pentecostal Songs by George Olusola Ajibade

“…This paper considered the impact of the emerging trend of diffusion of African philosophy, worldviews, and Christian theology in the selected Christian songs. …”
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The Importance of Mentorship Opportunities for Women in Academia: A Systematic Review by Zintle Ntshongwana

“…Furthermore, the African philosophy of Ubuntu is also used to explain how women can be supported in academia using indigenous African epistemology. …”
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On Limited Communitarianism: Matolino’s Thinking and the Changing African World by Mutshidzi MARAGANEDZHA

“…In the corpus of African philosophy, Bernard Matolino has made a substantial contribution to the development of communitarian theory, offering a fresh perspective on the concept. …”

Obscuring Our Sense of Morality: Barry Hallen’s Yoruba Moral Epistemology and the Problem of Character Indeterminacy by Babalola J. Balogun, Aderonke A. Ajiboro

“…We conclude that, although it is flawed, Hallen’s Yoruba moral epistemology thesis is an important contribution to African philosophy as it stimulates fruitful discussions around the subject matters of epistemology and ethics, and the connection between them within a traditional intellectual discourse of the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria. …”
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Chatbot Programmes’ ‘Arms Race’: Africa and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics by Tapiwa Chagonda

“…This framework should be largely anchored in the African philosophy of Ubuntu, but also pragmatic enough to include positive facets of global-North philosophical strands such as deontology, which largely places currency on ethical principles and rules above the outcomes they produce. …”
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Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“…The Postcolonial Heart of African Philosophy. South African Journal of Philosophy, 27, 285-295…”
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