African philosophy as cultural inquiry / 
edited by Ivan Karp and D.A. Masolo. 
 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  c2000. 
 - vii, 270 p. ;  25 cm. 
 - African systems of thought .
 - African systems of thought. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction: African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry /  Power, Personhood, and Agency --  Introduction to Part 1 /  "Tok Af, Lef Af": A Political Economy of Temne Techniques of Secrecy and Self /  Islam among the Humors: Destiny and Agency among the Swahili /  Some African Conceptions of Person: A Critique /  Knowledge and Discourse --  Introduction to Part 2 /  The Play of Deconstruction in the Speech of Africa: The Role of Pakruok and Ngero in Telling Culture in Dholuo /  Personhood and Art: Social Change and Commentary among the Acoli /  Forging Unions and Negotiating Ambivalence: Personhood and Complex Agency in Okiek Marriage Arrangement /  African Discourses on Development --  Introduction to Part 3 /  Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo --  Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo --  Rosalind Shaw --  David Parkin --  Didier N. Kaphagawani --  Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo.  Peter S. O. Amuka.  J. P. Odoch Pido.  Corinne A. Kratz --  Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo.  Pt. 1.  1.  2.  3.  Pt. 2.  4.  5.  6.  Pt. 3.  Our Problem of Knowledge: Brief Reflections on Knowledge and Development in Africa /  The Topic of Change /  Cheri Samba's Postcolonial Reinvention of Modernity /  Luo Perspectives on Knowledge and Development: Samuel G. Ayany and Paul Mbuya /  Kwasi Wiredu.  F. Eboussi-Boulaga.  Bogumil Jewsiewicki.  E. S. Atieno-Odhiambo.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0253338085 (cl : alk. paper) 0253214173 (pa : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00038870  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy, African.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B5305  / .A373 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>199/.6