The coining of the term feminism (‘feminisme’) is credited to a French philosopher, Charles Fourier. Feminism may be a Western concept, but that should not necessarily mean it has no place in Black African culture. There may have been many manifestations of Feminism across the various waves and movements. However, at its core, the basic […]
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Ubuntu is a South African word from the Nguni people that encapsulates humanity. ‘Ubuntu ngumuntu ngabuntu’ can be translated as ‘I am what I am because you are what you are’. Or more simply, ‘we are people through other people.’ Ubuntu provides a view of humanity as intertwined. Under Ubuntu, we are all interconnected and
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I wanted to share some proverbs from my Igbo heritage. Proverbs are part of an oral tradition of passing down wisdom. It’s as if you can hear the ancestors shouting. I have introduced each proverb using its literal translation and then provided a brief explanation. When you take a decision alone, you can commit an
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Typically, philosophy students are taught that philosophy began in ancient Greece with Thales of Miletus. Aristotle also regarded Thales as a key founding figure in the Greek tradition. However – spoiler alert – it seems that philosophy actually began in ancient Egypt with Ptahhotep. Ptahhotep was an Egyptian vizier (a high official) from the 5th
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So, I recently finished watching ‘The Good Place’ on Netflix, a light-hearted comedy which incorporates Philosophy in an accessible way. It covered topics such as the trolley problem, virtue ethics, and deontological ethics (rules-based ethics). Typically, Philosophy gets a bad reputation in and outside of academia. The study of philosophy is dominated by white European
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