TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karp,Ivan
AU  - Masolo,D.A.
TI  - African philosophy as cultural inquiry
T2  - African systems of thought
SN  - 0253338085 (cl : alk. paper)
AV  - B5305 .A373 2000
U1  - 199/.6 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Philosophy, African
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry; Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo --; Pt. 1; Power, Personhood, and Agency --; Introduction to Part 1; Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo --; 1; "Tok Af, Lef Af": A Political Economy of Temne Techniques of Secrecy and Self; Rosalind Shaw --; 2; Islam among the Humors: Destiny and Agency among the Swahili; David Parkin --; 3; Some African Conceptions of Person: A Critique; Didier N. Kaphagawani --; Pt. 2; Knowledge and Discourse --; Introduction to Part 2; Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo; 4; The Play of Deconstruction in the Speech of Africa: The Role of Pakruok and Ngero in Telling Culture in Dholuo; Peter S. O. Amuka; 5; Personhood and Art: Social Change and Commentary among the Acoli; J. P. Odoch Pido; 6; Forging Unions and Negotiating Ambivalence: Personhood and Complex Agency in Okiek Marriage Arrangement; Corinne A. Kratz --; Pt. 3; African Discourses on Development --; Introduction to Part 3; Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo; 7; Our Problem of Knowledge: Brief Reflections on Knowledge and Development in Africa; Kwasi Wiredu; 8; The Topic of Change; F. Eboussi-Boulaga; 9; Cheri Samba's Postcolonial Reinvention of Modernity; Bogumil Jewsiewicki; 10; Luo Perspectives on Knowledge and Development: Samuel G. Ayany and Paul Mbuya; E. S. Atieno-Odhiambo
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