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    Traditional African Religion and Non-Doxastic Accounts of Faith.Kirk Lougheed - 2023 - Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions 12 (2):33-54.
    In the recent Anglo-American philosophy of religion, significant attention has been given to the nature of faith. My goal is to show that some of the recent discussion of faith can be fruitfully brought to bear on a problem for a less globally well-known version of monotheism found in African Traditional Religion. I argue that African Traditional Religion could benefit from utilizing non-doxastic accounts of faith. For a significant number of Africans questioning authority or tradition, including (...)
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  2. Traditional African Religion as a Neglected Form of Monotheism.Thaddeus Metz & Motsamai Molefe - 2021 - The Monist 104 (3):393–409.
    Our aims are to articulate some core philosophical positions characteristic of Traditional African Religion and to argue that they merit consideration as monotheist rivals to standard interpretations of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition. In particular, we address the topics of how God’s nature is conceived, how God’s will is meant to bear on human decision making, where one continues to exist upon the death of one’s body, and how long one is able to exist without a body. For each of (...)
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    On Traditional African Consensual Rationality.Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani - 2013 - Journal of Political Philosophy 22 (3):342-365.
    Wiredu’s call for democracy by consensus is illustrated by his description of traditional African consensual rationality. This description contains the attribution of immanence to African consensual rationality. This paper objects to this doctrine of immanence. More importantly, the doctrine of immanence has led to the attribution of pure rationality to traditional African consensual practices. With reference to Aristotle’s three components of persuasion, I object to deliberation as purely rational and impervious to extraneous factors. I further (...)
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    Traditional African Political Thought and the Crisis of Governance in Contemporary African Societies.J. C. Achike Agbakoba - 2004 - Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies 3 (7):137-154.
    The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between the normative outlook and political philoso- phy of traditional societies on the one hand, and the crises of governance and leadership in contemporary African Societies, particularly subSaharan states, on the other. Although there are quite some differences in the quality of leadership and governance among sub-Saharan African states because of the different political and economic circumstances, this part of the globe taken as a whole remains underdeveloped (...)
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    The Traditional African Perception of a Person Some Implications for Bioethics.Godfrey B. Tangwa - 2000 - Hastings Center Report 30 (5):39-43.
    Western moral philosophy is driven by the attempt to sharply distinguish persons from the rest of the cosmos, and then to identify the ways in which persons must be treated. The traditional African approach is different on both counts.
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    Traditional African Philosophy of Mind and World: Facilitating a Dialogue.Patrick Giddy - 2023 - In Aribiah David Attoe, Segun Samuel Temitope, Victor Nweke, John Umezurike & Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam (eds.), Conversations on African Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence. Springer Verlag. pp. 79-94.
    This chapter is a preliminary to the development of a philosophy of mind and world that has learned from the African traditional understanding of the human person. The objective is to frame the discipline by reference to the norms internal to philosophy as a social practice, thus facilitating dialogue across traditions. The obstacle lies in the oversight of such normative framing in the more dominant Analytic approach to the philosophy of mind, for which science and scientific method is (...)
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    Traditional African American foods and African Americans.Drucilla Byars - 1996 - Agriculture and Human Values 13 (3):74-78.
    Traditional African American foods, also referred to as “soul food,” are often given a blanket label of “poor food choices.” The cultural value of these ethnic foods may be disregarded without sufficient study of their nutrient content. This study showed that of the various foods perceived as traditionally African American by the local sampled population, greens were the most often identified as such by 78% and the most frequently consumed (22%) by the subjects. 37% perceived chitterlings as (...)
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  8. Traditional African consensual democracy and the three notions of consent in social contract theory.Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani - 2018 - In Edwin E. Etieyibo (ed.), Perspectives in social contract theory. Washington DC: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy.
     
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  9. Bioethics : traditional African perspective.Yaw A. Frimpong-Mansoh - 2019 - In Yaw A. Frimpong-Mansoh & Caesar A. Atuire (eds.), Bioethics in Africa: theories and praxis. Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press.
  10. Oral Traditions, African Philosophical Methods and their Contributions to Education and Our Global Knowledge.Workineh Kelbessa - 2008 - In . pp. 291 - 309..
     
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    Traditional African epistemic categories and the question of rationality: A case for reconceptualization.C. O. Akpan - 2007 - Sophia: An African Journal of Philosophy 7 (2).
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    Philosophy and Traditional African Ethics: The Problems of Economic Development.Joseph C. A. Agbakoba - 2009 - Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 65 (1/4):549 - 575.
    The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between philosophy (considered as an expression of fundamental values) and development, this here particularly understood in its economic sense. The author starts with an exploration of the meaning of development and then goes on to evaluate the views and perspectives that tend to argue against philosophy in its broadest sense (that is considered simply as a worldview or as a system of values) occupying a distinct and significant role in development. (...)
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    Armageddon 95 Arndt, W. 61 Attridge, H. 79 Auden, WH 162 Augustine 39, 125, 128, 267.P. Abelard, M. Adams, J. Adderley, African Traditional Religion, T. Agbola, B. Aland, C. Alexander, G. Alföldy, M. Althaus-Reid & T. Altizer - 2012 - In Zoë Bennett & David B. Gowler (eds.), Radical Christian Voices and Practice: Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland. Oxford University Press. pp. 297.
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    Traditional African political thought and the crisis of governance in contemporary African societies.Jc Achike Agbakoba - 2004 - Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies 3 (7):137-154.
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    Traditional African Religion, Cosmology and Christianity.Kyriakakis Ioannis - 2012 - Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies 11 (32):132-154.
    In this article I am applying the anthropological term of "cosmology" to the study of Christianity in order to place plural Christian settings under a wider methodological perspective. I am drawing on the findings of my fieldwork in Southwestern Ghana, where I met twelve different Christian denominations and five traditional healers operating in one village. I am sketching a concise image of the local Nzema cosmology and then I am launching an attempt to present its Christian equivalent. Informed by (...)
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    Traditional African Aesthetics.Innocent C. Onyewuenyi - 1984 - International Philosophical Quarterly 24 (3):237-244.
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    Justice in the Traditional African Society within the Modern Constitutional Set-up.Kofi Quashigah - 2016 - Jurisprudence 7 (1):93-110.
    This paper discusses justice as an inherent aspect of life in traditional African societies. It further examines the degree to which constitutions of African countries recognise and promote the traditions and customary practices. It is noted that of late, in the desire to contextualise justice, human rights has to a large extent become the yardstick. This universal idea often creates conflicts with African customary practices which indeed represent the expectations of individuals or groups within such customary (...)
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    Redefining the Problem of Evil in the Context of a Predeterministic World: New Conversations with the Traditional African Worldview.Aribiah David Attoe - 2022 - Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions 11 (1):9-26.
    Merciful, holy, all-powerful, all-knowing, spirit, unchanging, the first cause, unknowable. These are just some of the properties that some scholars of African religions have attributed to the being they call God. Setting aside accusations that some of these properties reflect the colonially imposed religions, it is almost taken as a given that these properties really do belong to some of the various versions of the African God. This, then, raises the question: how is it ever the case that (...)
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    Traditional African aesthetics: a philosophical perspective.Innocent Onyewuenyi - 2003 - In P. H. Coetzee & A. P. J. Roux (eds.), Philosophy from Africa: A text with readings 2nd Edition. London, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 396.
  20. Traditional African Jurisprudence.M. Pieterse - 2004 - In Christopher Roederer & Darrel Moellendorf (eds.), Jurisprudence. Lansdowne [South Africa]: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 438--62.
     
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    Understanding and Ontology in Traditional African Thought.Lee Brown - 2004 - In M. Brown Lee (ed.), African Philosophy: New and Traditional Perspectives. New York: Oup Usa.
    This essay discusses how ontological commitments within modern Western culture are no less problematic than those within traditional African cultures. Each posits unobservable entities to explain the experiential world, and neither has ready access to those posits held as grounding or as otherwise determining what is experienced. It looks at the conceptions of persons in Western and African traditions and suggests that each tradition can learn from the other.
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    A Critical Evaluation Of Traditional African Family System And Contemporary Social Welfare.Emmanuel Orok Duke & Elizabeth Okon John - 2019 - Nduñòde 15 (1).
    Beyond reasonable doubt, the influence of Western culture and civilizations has enervated traditional African family systems, and their functions as providers of social welfare. Hitherto, traditional African family and clan by extension served as the plausible medium by which Africans proffered solutions to those social, economic and other existential problems found within their communities. However, measuring and evaluating the successes of the various social welfare programs organized by the family and clan was a difficult task to (...)
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    Ontological foundation of traditional african morality.Emmanuel Musoke Mutyaba - 2018 - Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa.
  24. Kariamu Welsh-Asante.African Aesthetics - 1993 - In Kariamu Welsh-Asante (ed.), The African aesthetic: keeper of the traditions. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 153--249.
  25. Afro-Communitarianism and the Role of Traditional African Healers in the COVID-19 Pandemic.Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues & Thaddeus Metz - 2021 - Public Health Ethics 14 (1):59-71.
    The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide, and in Africa, given the lack of resources, they are likely to be even more acute. The usefulness of Traditional African Healers in helping to mitigate the effects of pandemic has been neglected. We argue from an ethical perspective that these healers can and should have an important role in informing and guiding local communities in Africa on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Particularly, we argue (...)
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    English, Mbiti, and a Traditional African Concept of Time: A Rejoinder.Kibujjo Kalumba - 2008 - Philosophia Africana 11 (2):171-175.
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    The value of traditional African religious music into liturgy: Lobethal Congregation.Morakeng E. K. Lebaka - 2015 - HTS Theological Studies 71 (3).
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  28. The Problem of Sustainability: Traditional African or Islamic Land Ethics or Western Technological.Laura Westra - 1994 - In W. Michael Hoffman (ed.), Emerging global business ethics. Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books. pp. 242.
     
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    A Reflection on the Traditional African Concept of Sin, Sickness and Disease in.C. A. Ekeopara - 2007 - Sophia: An African Journal of Philosophy 8 (2).
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    Kalumba, Mbiti, and a traditional african concept of time.Parker English - 2006 - Philosophia Africana 9 (1):53-56.
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    African Traditional Ritual Expressions of Salvation: Contextualised Biblical Hermeneutic(s) as an Ecclesiological Praxis.Titus Kirimi Kibaara - 2022 - European Journal of Philosophy Culture and Religion 6 (1):19-29.
    Purpose: The purpose of this article is threefold: First, to present the African traditional ritual concept of salvation. Second, to demonstrate that this concept subconsciously forms the worldview through which African Christians interpret biblical narratives and salvation. Third, to access if certain ecclesiastical practices are influenced by the African salvific expressions. Methodology: The methodology used is exploratory, where aspects of African salvific rituals and selected ecclesiastical practices are explored. Part one of this article deals with (...)
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    On Efficient Causation for Homosexual Behaviours among Traditional Africans: An Exploration of the Traditional Yoruba Model.Dasaolu Babajide Olugbenga - 2019 - Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 9 (2):26-37.
    In the face of the recent backlashes against homosexual persons in Africa, on the ground that the phenomenon is un-African and/or threat to procreation and marital values, it is pertinent to review the discourse in the light of how ancient Africans perceived the reality. This is imperative given the lack of consensus on the part of scientists to disinter a conclusive finding on what causes homosexual behaviours among humans. In this research, I employ traditional Yorùbá philosophy to provide (...)
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    Principles of traditional african art.Isidore Okpewho - 1977 - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 35 (3):301-313.
  34. In Defense of the “Living-Dead” in Traditional African Thought: The Yoruba Example.Oladele Balogun - 2010 - Philosophia 38 (1).
    The paper attempts to provide a philosophical justification for the belief in the living-dead among the traditional Africans using the Yoruba as an example. It argues that in spite of the various criticisms leveled against the belief in the living-dead among the traditional Africans, this belief can be rationally defended and philosophically understood within the conceptual scheme of the traditional Yoruba thought. The paper argues that the link between the living and the livingdead possesses social as well (...)
     
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    African traditional widowhood rites and their benefits and/or detrimental effects on widows in a context of African Christianity.Matsobane Manala - 2015 - HTS Theological Studies 71 (3).
    Traditional Africans teach ubuntu principles of communality, mutual respect, caring and so forth, but they do not walk the talk with regard to the treatment of widows. In the footsteps of Jesus of Nazareth, Christian communities preach unconditional love, especially for the poor, marginalised and vulnerable. Implementation is, however, grossly lacking in respect of the treatment of widows. There is thus an apparent deliberate uncaring, disrespectful, discriminatory, impolite and unjust treatment of widows in African communities in spite of (...)
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    Marks as masks: A study of traditional African occupations and their visual indices.Victoria A. Alabi, Olalere Adeyemi & Sola A. Ojeniyi - 2013 - Semiotica 2013 (193):217-231.
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    A Defense of Epistemic Authoritarianism in Traditional African Cultures.Polycarp Ikuenobe - 1998 - Journal of Philosophical Research 23:417-440.
    In this paper, I take issue with Wiredu’s characterization and criticism of the general problem of epistemic authoritarianism that he identifies in some African cultures. I then defend a plausible view of epistemic authoritarianism as a method of epistemic justification in some African cultures. I argue that both his characterization and criticism implies an affirmation of epistemic individualism and autonomy, doxastic voluntarism, and a denial of epistemic dependence. I argue against epistemic autonomy and individualism, and doxastic voluntarism, because (...)
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  38. Metaphysics, religion, and Yoruba traditional thought.in Non-Human Agencies Belief & in an African Powers - 2003 - In P. H. Coetzee & A. P. J. Roux (eds.), Philosophy from Africa: A text with readings 2nd Edition. London, UK: Oxford University Press.
     
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    African Philosophy: Traditional Yoruba Philosophy and Contemporary African Realities.Segun Gbadegesin - 1991 - P. Lang.
    The question whether or not there is African philosophy has, for too long, dominated the philosophical scene in Africa, to the neglect of substantive issues generated by the very fact of human existence. This has unfortunately led to an impasse in the development of a distinctive African philosophical tradition. In this path-breaking book, Segun Gbadegesin offers a new and promising approach which recognizes the traditional and contemporary facets of African philosophy by exploring the issues they raise. (...)
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    African philosophy, culture, and traditional medicine.M. Akin Makinde - 1988 - Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies.
    For over two centuries, Western scholars have discussed African philosophy and culture, often in disparaging, condescending terms, and always from an alien European perspective. Many Africans now share this perspective, having been trained in the western, empirical tradition. Makinde argues that, particularly in view of the costs and failings of western style culture, Africans must now mold their own modern culture by blending useful western practices with valuable indigenous African elements. Specifically, Makinde demonstrates the potential for the development (...)
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    African Traditional Thought and Growth in Personal Unity.Patrick Giddy - 2002 - International Philosophical Quarterly 42 (3):315-327.
    In traditional African ethics the emphasis is on respect and hierarchy. This is underpinned by a conception of the person as normative, developmental, and communitarian. But in this conception the person is only problematically unified. Further elaboration is needed on how one’s motivational structure is critically integrated if the tradition is to be reformulated so as to meet the challenges of a liberal, and often relativist, global culture. The psychological and intersubjective conditions for such personal growth need to (...)
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    A Defense of Epistemic Authoritarianism in Traditional African Cultures.Polycarp Ikuenobe - 1998 - Journal of Philosophical Research 23:417-440.
    In this paper, I take issue with Wiredu’s characterization and criticism of the general problem of epistemic authoritarianism that he identifies in some African cultures. I then defend a plausible view of epistemic authoritarianism as a method of epistemic justification in some African cultures. I argue that both his characterization and criticism implies an affirmation of epistemic individualism and autonomy, doxastic voluntarism, and a denial of epistemic dependence. I argue against epistemic autonomy and individualism, and doxastic voluntarism, because (...)
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    South African traditional values and beliefs regarding informed consent and limitations of the principle of respect for autonomy in African communities: a cross-cultural qualitative study.Sylvester C. Chima & Francis Akpa-Inyang - 2021 - BMC Medical Ethics 22 (1):1-17.
    BackgroundThe Western-European concept of libertarian rights-based autonomy, which advocates respect for individual rights, may conflict with African cultural values and norms. African communitarian ethics focuses on the interests of the collective whole or community, rather than rugged individualism. Hence collective decision-making processes take precedence over individual autonomy or consent. This apparent conflict may impact informed consent practice during biomedical research in African communities and may hinder ethical principlism in African bioethics. This study explored African biomedical (...)
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  44. Tradition and Modernity: Philosophical Reflections on the African Experience.Kwame Gyekye - 1997 - New York, US: Oup Usa.
    Kwame Gyekye offers a philosophical interpretation and critical analysis of the African cultural experience in modern times. Critically employing Western political and philosophical concepts to clear, comparative advantage, Gyekye addresses a wide range of concrete problems afflicting postcolonial African states, such as ethnicity and nation-building, the relationship of tradition to modernity, the nature of political authority and political legitimation, political corruption, and the threat to traditional moral and social values, practices, and institutions in the wake of rapid (...)
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    Moral education and moral reasoning in traditional african cultures.Polycarp Ikuenobe - 1998 - Journal of Value Inquiry 32 (1):25-42.
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    African Philosophy: New and Traditional Perspectives.M. Brown Lee (ed.) - 2004 - New York: Oup Usa.
    African Philosophy is a collection of previously unpublished essays that address epistemological and metaphysical concerns that have emerged from the sub-Saharan regions of Africa. The primary focus of the book is on traditional African conceptions of mind, person, personal identity, truth, knowledge, understanding, objectivity, and reality. The collection also discusses traditional African conceptions of causation, destiny, and free will.
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  47. Africa's healing wisdom : spiritual and ethical values of traditional African healthcare practices.Lucinda Domoko Manda - 2008 - In Ronald Nicolson (ed.), Persons in community: African ethics in a global culture. Scottsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.
     
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    African virtue ethics traditions for business and management.Kemi Ogunyemi (ed.) - 2020 - Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
    African nations are many and diverse, each one of them a multicultural home to philosophies that have enriched human communities over the centuries. Yet, the continent's wisdom remains largely undocumented. Of particular importance are those insights that could serve as stimuli to the more responsible and sustainable management of the global economy and the earth's resources. African philosophies about the way to live a flourishing life are predominantly virtue-oriented. However, narratives of African conceptions of virtue are uncommon. (...)
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    African-American Perspectives and Philosophical Traditions.John Pittman - 1996 - Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 60 (4):771-772.
    A special issue of The Philosophical Forum , one of the most prestigious philosophy journals, is now available to a wider readership through its publication in book form. The volume includes twelve essays in three sections-- Philosophical Traditions; the African-American Tradition; and Racism, Identity, and Social Life. Contributors are: K. Anthony Appiah, Kwasi Wiredu, Lucius Outlaw, Leonard Harris, Bernard Boxill, Frank M. Kirkland, Tommy L. Lott, Adrian M.S. Piper, Laurence Thomas, Michele M. Moody-Adams, Anita L. Allen, and Howard McGary. (...)
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  50. Bioethics in the Context of Traditional African Beliefs and Practices (tentative title).Augustine Frimpong-Mansoh & Caesar Atuire (eds.) - 2018 - Vernon Press.
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