A companion to african philosophy wiley online books. Theophile obenga born 1936 in the republic of the congo is professor emeritus in the. Langues, peuples, civilisations by theophile obenga. Pdf the uniqueness of african philosophy researchgate. Theophile obenga and atomist philosophy in ancient egypt. African philosophy is a culmination of theophile obengas research. Egyptian and black african languages mainly of kongosaharan is well established. Theophile obenga born 1936 in the republic of the congo is professor emeritus in the africana studies center at san francisco state university. In 2012, in kinshasa, egyptologist, historian, linguist and philosopher professor theophile obenga comments the cairo colloquium of 1974 he participated in with cheikh anta diop. Cheikh anta diop and theophile obenga were right africaresource.
Pr theophile obenga on the 1974 cairo colloquium part 1. The cultural unity of black africa, the domains of. The cultural unity of black africa, the domains of matriarchy and of patriarchy in classical antinquity, by cheik anta diop. The points discussed in this lecture are expounded on. Prof emeritus theophile obenga on the african origin of socalled. 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. African philosophy in world history by theophile obenga. Theophile obenga pour le congobrazzaville world of. A series of lexical data gives to the comparison its systematic appearance1. He is a politically active proponent of panafricanism and an afrocentrist. Pdf to western scholars, africa has no history no philosophy and as such. From her on the verge romance series to modern latinx wit. The problem method the question of ancient egypt ancient egyptian concepts of philosophy the first definition of a philosopher in world history hi.
Cheikh anta diop and theophile obenga, by chris gray. Theophile obenga where he discusses the ancient egyptian origin of atomist philosophy. Follow theophile obenga and explore their bibliography from s theophile obenga author page. 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. Two or more languages from the same geographical area give a lot of problems to the. Ancient egypt and black africa theophile obenga on. Theophile obenga is a professor emeritus, formerly at san francisco state university, in the africana studies center. Books by theophile obenga author of african philosophy. African philosophy during the period of the pharaohs 2780330 bce by.
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