Tradition
African
Philosophy by Africans and people of African descent: the modern debate over what African philosophy is, the critical wisdom of sages, and the diaspora's thought on race, colonialism and freedom.
Periods
- Ethnophilosophy and nationalismc. 1920 – c. 1960
- The Great Debatec. 1960 – c. 1980
- Critical reconstructionc. 1980 – c. 1990
- Conversational philosophyc. 1990 – present
Schools
None yet.
Philosophers
- Ottobah Cugoanofl. 1772–1791
- Frederick Douglassc. 1817 – 1895
- Alexander Crummell1819–1898
- Anna Julia Cooperc. 1858 – 1964
- W. E. B. Du Bois1868–1963
- Alain Locke1885–1954
- Léopold Sédar Senghor1906–2001
- Aimé Césaire1913–2008
- Julius Nyerere1922–1999
- Frantz Fanon1925–1961
- Kwasi Wiredu1931–2022
- Paulin Hountondji1942–2024
- Henry Odera Oruka1944–1995