History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

HAP 61 - When and Where I Enter - Anna Julia Cooper

Anna Julia Cooper’s "A Voice from the South", an unprecedented contribution to black feminist theory. 

HAP 60 - Though Late, It Is Liberty- Abolitionism in Brazil

Abolitionists Luiz Gama and Joaquim Nabuco, and the great novelist Machado de Assis, react to the injustices of slaveholding in Brazil.

HAP 59 - Frowning at Froudacious Fabrications - J.J. Thomas and F.A. Durham

John Jacob Thomas argues for self-government in the English colonies of the Caribbean but his fellow Trinidadian Frederick Alexander Durham recommends repatriation to Africa instead.

HAP 58 - A Common Circle - Anténor Firmin

Haitian anthropologist Anténor Firmin debunks racist pseudo-science and argues that inequalities among humans are caused by social, not biological, factors.

HAP 57 - Race First, Then Party - T. Thomas Fortune

T. Thomas Fortune uses newspaper editorials to put forth a theory of civil rights and set out a plan of political action for protecting them.

HAP 56 - African Personality - Edward Blyden

Edward Blyden gains appreciation for Islam in West Africa and gradually moves from political nationalism to cultural nationalism.

HAP 55 - Planting the Seeds - James Africanus Beale Horton

Africanus Horton looks toward a future of self-government for West Africa beyond slavery and colonialism.

HAP 54 - Wilson Moses on the Roots of Black Nationalism

Wilson Moses speaks to us about his research into early black notionalism, as represented by Crummell, Douglass, and others.

HAP 53 - Pilgrim’s Progress - Alexander Crummell

Alexander Crummell moves from pan-Africanism to reform of African American culture, identifying progressive “civilization” as a means of liberation.

HAP 52 - Great White North - Emigration to Canada

Mary Ann Shadd and Samuel Ringgold Ward reflect on what Canada can offer African Americans, differing on the problem of racism.