History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

HAP 131 - Mixed Messages - Black British Cultural Studies

Stuart Hall pioneers “cultural studies,” offering tools for analysis of films, television, fiction and music that were put to use by followers like Paul Gilroy and Hazel Carby.

HAP 130 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on... Himself!

The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o joins us to speak about his career, his influences, and the power and politics of language.

HAP 129 - Afrophone Home - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.

HAP 128 - Marginal Comments - bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins

We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins.

HAP 127 - Knowing the Difference - Audre Lorde

In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.

HAP 126 - Fugitive for Justice - Angela Davis

The eventful life and penetrating philosophy of Angela Davis, an icon of resistance deeply informed by Marxism and influential on black feminist thought.

HAP 125 - Phenomenal Woman - The Black Women’s Literary Renaissance

Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker explore the themes of black feminism (or “womanism”) in their fiction. Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual violence and suicide.

HAP 124 - Double Jeopardy - Black Feminism

1970s black feminists like Toni Cade Bambara, the Combahee River Collective, and Awa Thiam critique white feminist and black nationalist failures to recognize the unique struggle of the black woman.

HAP 123 - History Teaches Us - Walter Rodney

Another Caribbean thinker, Walter Rodney of Guyana, explores Africana history from a Marxist perspective. 

HAP 122 - A More Human Face - Steve Biko

Famous for his killing at the hands of the Apartheid government in South Africa, Steve Biko was also a deep thinker, who introduced the notion of Black Consciousness.