In Memory: The Significance of Claude Sumner. SJ’s Contribution to African Philosophy

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In African Philosophy in Ethiopia: Ethiopian Philosophical Studies, II. Washington, DC, USA: (2013)
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The paper surveys the lifetime achievements of Claude Sumner, S.J., a Canadian Jesuit who lived for 45 years in Ethiopia and devoted his life's work to collecting, documenting and evaluating Ethiopian philosophical texts and oral literature.

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