Gender African Philosophies And Concepts

Author : Musa W. Dube,Telesia K. Musili,Sylvia Owusu-Ansah
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781003856009

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Gender, African Philosophies, and Concepts by Musa W. Dube,Telesia K. Musili,Sylvia Owusu-Ansah Pdf

This volume sets out to explore, propose, and generate feminist theories based on African indigenous philosophies and concepts. It investigates specific philosophical and ethical concepts that emerge from African indigenous religions and considers their potential for providing feminist imagination for social justice-oriented earth communities. The contributions examine African indigenous concepts such as Ubuntu, ancestorhood, trickster discourse, Mupo, Akwaaba, Tukumbeng, Eziko, storytelling, and Ngozi . They look to deconstruct oppressive social categories of gender, class, ethnicity, race, colonialism, heteronormativity, and anthropocentricism. The book will be of interest to scholars of religion, philosophy, gender studies, and African studies.

Author : Abosede Priscilla Ipadeola
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000636192

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Feminist African Philosophy by Abosede Priscilla Ipadeola Pdf

The book argues that women's perspectives and gender issues must be mainstreamed across African philosophy in order for the discipline to truly represent the thoughts of Africans across the continent. African philosophy as an academic discipline emerged as a direct challenge to Western and Eurocentric hegemonies. It sought to actualize the project of decolonization and to contribute African perspectives to global discourses. There has, however, been a dominance of male perspectives in this field of human knowledge. This book argues that African philosophy cannot claim to have liberated people of African descent from marginalization until the androcentric nature of African philosophy is addressed. Key concepts such as Ujamaa, Negritude, Ubuntu, Consciencism, and African Socialism are explored as they relate to African women's lives or as models of inclusion or exclusion from politics. In addition to offering a feminist critique of African philosophy, the book also discusses topics that have been consistently overlooked in African philosophy. These topics include sex, sexuality, rape, motherhood, prostitution, and the low participation of women in politics. By highlighting the work of women feminist scholars such as Oyeronke Oyewumi, Nkiru Nzegwu, Ifi Amadiume, Amina Mama, and Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, the book engages with African philosophy from an African feminist viewpoint. This book will be an essential resource for students and researchers of African philosophy and gender studies.

Author : Nkiru Uwechia Nzegwu
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791481820

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Family Matters by Nkiru Uwechia Nzegwu Pdf

Prior to European colonialism, Igboland, a region in Nigeria, was a nonpatriarchal, nongendered society governed by separate but interdependent political systems for men and women. In the last one hundred fifty years, the Igbo family has undergone vast structural changes in response to a barrage of cultural forces. Critically rereading social practices and oral and written histories of Igbo women and the society, Nkiru Uwechia Nzegwu demonstrates how colonial laws, edicts, and judicial institutions facilitated the creation of gender inequality in Igbo society. Nzegwu exposes the unlikely convergence of Western feminist and African male judges' assumptions about "traditional" African values where women are subordinate and oppressed. Instead she offers a conception of equality based on historical Igbo family structures and practices that challenges the epistemological and ontological bases of Western feminist inquiry.

Author : Jonathan O. Chimakonam,Louise du Toit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351120081

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African Philosophy and the Epistemic Marginalization of Women by Jonathan O. Chimakonam,Louise du Toit Pdf

This book examines the underexplored notion of epistemic marginalization of women in the African intellectual place. Women's issues are still very much neglected by governments, corporate bodies and academics in sub-Saharan Africa. The entrenched traditional world-views which privilege men over women make it difficult for the modern day challenges posed by the neglect of the feminine epistemic perspective, to become obvious. Contributors address these issues from both theoretical and practical perspectives, demonstrating what philosophy could do to ameliorate the epistemic marginalization of women, as well as ways in which African philosphy exacerbates this marginalization. Philosophy is supposed to teach us how to lead the good life in all its ramifications; why is it failing in this duty in Africa where the issue of women’s epistemic vision is concerned? The chapters raise feminist agitations to a new level; beginning from the regular campaigns for various women’s rights and reaching a climax in an epistemic struggle in which the knowledge-controlling power to create, acquire, evaluate, regulate and disseminate is proposed as the last frontier of feminism.

Author : Molara Ogundipe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Feminism
ISBN : UOM:39015073945514

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Indigenous and Contemporary Gender Concepts and Issues in Africa by Molara Ogundipe Pdf

Author : Gideon Asante
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3346023753

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The Gender Discourse in the Philosophy of Yoruba and Akan Societies by Gideon Asante Pdf

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 1, University of Cape Coast (Centre for International Studies), course: African Philosophy, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this essay is to evaluate the gender discourse in African philosophy. The essay is divided into three sections. This essay examines the gender discourse from Yoruba and Akan perspectives using Oyewumi's "The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses" and Owusu & Bosiwah's "Constructions of Masculinity among the Akan People of Ghana" respectively. The first section explains the key concepts: gender, discourse, philosophy. The second section discusses the debate of gender discourse in African philosophy among the Yoruba and Akan society from the works listed above and the third section examines the importance of gender discourse in African philosophy. African societies enforce the concept of gender especially among the Akan and the Yoruba society in various ways using folklores, proverbs and religious codes. An Yoruba proverb "Owu ti iya gbon lomo n ran" translated as the attitudes of the mother are emulated by her offspring. This proverb is related to conduct or behaviour. In this case, the mother is seen as immoral and ill mannered; and every bad behave child takes after her and summarily belong to her. The father is exonerated as good children belong to him and he is always proud of such children.

Author : Beatrice Okyere-Manu,Léocadie Lushombo
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3031391322

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African Women’s Liberating Philosophies, Theologies, and Ethics by Beatrice Okyere-Manu,Léocadie Lushombo Pdf

This volume explores the ethical and philosophical paradigms presented by most of the influential Matriarchs of the Circle of African Women Theologians. It critically evaluates the effectiveness of their ethical and philosophical theories, models, and frameworks in pursuing justice and liberation for women in Africa and globally. The authors address critical questions: How have African women theologians reimagined existing ethical paradigms? What original ethical and philosophical ideas have they generated? How have their ethical frameworks influenced the theologies and interpretations they have developed? What purposes do their ethical and philosophical paradigms serve? How do these renderings intersect with various social categories, including gender, race, class, sexuality, capitalism, and colonialism? What liberating frameworks do they propose? The volume further explores the dialogue between distinct African contexts and universal experiences and values. It explores how universal themes such as humanity, human dignity, rights, justice, motherhood, and more can coexist with communal African concepts and themes. It contemplates how embracing African approaches engages these themes more globally, bringing together particular African contexts of women and the universal ethical, philosophical, and theological theories, models, and frameworks to advance the cause of justice and liberation for African women and women worldwide into the future.

Author : Alena Rettová,Benedetta Lanfranchi,Miriam Pahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000488104

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Critical Conversations in African Philosophy by Alena Rettová,Benedetta Lanfranchi,Miriam Pahl Pdf

In this edited collection contributors examine key themes, sources and methods in contemporary African Philosophy, building on a wide-ranging understanding of what constitutes African philosophy, and drawing from a variety of both oral and written texts of different genres. Part one of the volume examines how African philosophy has reacted to burning issues, ranging from contemporary ethical questions on how to integrate technological advancements into human life; to one of philosophy’s prime endeavours, which is establishing the conditions of knowledge; to eternal ontological and existential questions on the nature of being, time, memory and death. Part two reflects on the (re)definition of philosophy from an African vantage point and African philosophy’s thrust to create its own canon, archive and resources to study African concepts, artefacts, practices and texts from the perspective of intellectual history. The volume aims to make a contribution to the academic debate on African philosophy and philosophy more broadly, challenging orthodox definitions and genres, in favour of a broadening of the discipline’s self-understanding and locales. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African philosophy and comparative philosophy.

Author : Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino,Clevis Ronald Headley
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443806305

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Shifting the Geography of Reason by Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino,Clevis Ronald Headley Pdf

"Here stands the first of a series of important collective statements on the proverbial problem of reason that once fled those spaces in which the person of color reached for a meeting. What other resources are left for those of us who rely on ideas in a world that offers few options short of violence or, worse, apathy but to transcend the struggle for recognition into the sphere of building new intellectual homes? One must read this courageous celebration of thinking and of asserting the value of intelligence." Lewis R. Gordon, President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University and Ongoing Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica

Author : Njoki Nathani Wane
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030118549

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Gender, Democracy and Institutional Development in Africa by Njoki Nathani Wane Pdf

This book analyses African foundations of gender, education, politics, democracy and institutional development by stimulating theoretical discourses. It offers a discursive framework on ways to examine the conceptualizations of African social development and a critical discourse on debunking the misconceptions that are attached to African location in the global arena. The volume challenges the danger of minimizing and oversimplifying the role of Africa in the international space. This will be ideal for researchers, students and scholars in the areas of African and gender studies, development, politics and education.

Author : Musa W. Dube,Telesia K. Musili,Sylvia Owusu-Ansah
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781003854852

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Gender and African Indigenous Religions by Musa W. Dube,Telesia K. Musili,Sylvia Owusu-Ansah Pdf

Focusing on the work of contemporary African women researchers, this volume explores feminist perspectives in relation to African Indigenous Religions (AIR). It evaluates what the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians’ research has achieved and proposed since its launch in 1989, their contribution to the world of knowledge and liberation, and the potential application to nurturing a justice-oriented world. The book considers the methodologies used amongst the Circle to study African Indigenous Religions, the AIR sources of knowledge that are drawn on, and the way in which women are characterized. It reflects on how ideas drawn from African Indigenous Religions might address issues of patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism, racism, tribalism, and sexual and disability-based discrimination. The chapters examine theologies of specific figures. The book will be of interest to scholars of religion, gender studies, Indigenous studies, and African studies.

Author : Oyeronke Oyewumi
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1403962820

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African Gender Studies by Oyeronke Oyewumi Pdf

This is the first comprehensive reader that brings African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender, and society. Bringing together the essential writing on this topic from the last 25 years, these essays discuss gender in Africa from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Author : Maria del Guadalupe Davidson,Kathryn T. Gines,Donna-Dale L. Marcano
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438432670

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Convergences by Maria del Guadalupe Davidson,Kathryn T. Gines,Donna-Dale L. Marcano Pdf

Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy in dialogue.

Author : Ada Agada
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030788971

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Ethnophilosophy and the Search for the Wellspring of African Philosophy by Ada Agada Pdf

This book provides a case for the de-stigmatisation of ethnophilosophy by demonstrating its continuing relevance in contemporary African philosophy. The book brings together established and brilliant young scholars who defend ethnophilosophy as a unique source of African philosophy with the capacity to colour African philosophical scholarship, thereby distinguishing African philosophy from other philosophical traditions of the world and setting the stage for philosophical dialogue in the 21st century characterised by multiculturalism and globalisation. The volume addresses the future of African philosophy by closely linking the past of this tradition with the exciting projects of the contemporary system builders whose works emerge from the ethnophilosophical while transcending it. The book is aimed at African philosophy experts, scholars of intercultural philosophy, African studies scholars and graduate students of African and intercultural philosophy.

Author : Barry Hallen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253003485

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A Short History of African Philosophy, Second Edition by Barry Hallen Pdf

A Short History of African Philosophy discusses major ideas, figures, and schools of thought in philosophy in the African context. While drawing out critical issues in the formation of African philosophy, Barry Hallen focuses on recent scholarship and relevant debates that have made African philosophy critical to understanding the rich and complex cultural heritage of the continent. This revised edition expands the historical perspective, takes account of recent discoveries and new canonical figures, highlights new discussions about gender as a cultural and philosophical phenomenon, clarifies issues regarding indigenous cultures and human rights, and builds on the notion that African philosophy shares methods and concerns of philosophy worldwide. This short reference is an essential resource for students, scholars, and general readers.