HAP 15 - Heard it Through the Grapevine - Oral Philosophy in Africa
November 11, 2018
An introduction to the “ethnophilosophy” approach inaugurated by Placide Tempels, its promises and potential pitfalls.
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HAP 14 - Souleymane Bachir Diagne on Islam in Africa
October 28, 2018
Peter speaks to Souleymane Bachir Diagne about Islamic scholars in West Africa.
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HAP 13 - Renewing the Faith - the Sokoto Caliphate
October 14, 2018
Uthman Dan Fodio and his family were scholars, poets, and warriors whose jihad in 19th century Nigeria created the Sokoto Caliphate.
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HAP 12 - From Here to Timbuktu - Subsaharan Islamic Philosophy
September 30, 2018
The spread of Islamic scholarship in subsaharan Africa, focusing on intellectuals of the Songhay empire around the Niger River in the 15th-17th centuries.
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HAP 11 - Teodros Kiros on Ethiopian Philosophy
September 16, 2018
Teodros Kiros discusses the history of Ethiopian thought and how it has influenced his own work in political philosophy.
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HAP 10 - Think for Yourself - Walda Heywat
September 2, 2018
Walda Heywat’s reaction to the thought of his teacher Zera Yacob, and the dispute over the authenticity of these two Ethiopian philosophers.
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HAP 09 - In You I Take Shelter - Zera Yacob
July 22, 2018
The 17th century Ethiopian rationalist Zera Yacob, hailed as the first modern Africana philosopher.
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HAP 08 - Solomon, Socrates, and Other Sages - Early Ethiopian Philosophy
July 8, 2018
Philosophy in Ethiopia, with translations of religious and philosophical texts into Ge’ez and a national epic called the Kebra Nagast.
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HAP 07 - Richard Parkinson on Egyptian Poetry
June 24, 2018
Egyptioogist Richard Parkinson joins us to talk about the context and meaning of the Eloquent Peasant and other literary works of ancient Egypt.
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HAP 06 - Heated Exchanges - Philosophy in Egyptian Narratives and Dialogues
June 10, 2018
Demands for ma’at (justice or truth) and a confrontation with the soul, in the Tale of the Eloquent Peasant and Dispute Between a Man and his Ba.
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