Article Title：African philosophy cannot be a thing
Abstract：
This essay unpacks several arguments about the metaphilosophic nature of African philosophy and charts a way through the problems these arguments encounter. It argues that we must be careful in our attempt to define African philosophy conceptually. Because to define it is to limit it-and to limit it is to conserve it and lead it to a cesspool. It also argues that finding a single meaning for African philosophy is not a rich endeavour, because, just like Western philosophy, African philosophy should not be a thing but be a vast array of things. The argument, one hopes, is taken as a normative rather than a merely prescriptive enterprise.
Keywords: African philosophy; metaphilosophy; philosophical inquiry; wonder
DOI: 10.1111/meta.12693
Source：METAPHILOSOPHY
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