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... philosophy teacher be required to teach African philosophy ? Is there in fact such a thing as African or Asian philosophy ? He argues inter alia : " In physics one can speak of fairly well established knowledge to be mastered . In ...
... philosophy teacher be required to teach African philosophy ? Is there in fact such a thing as African or Asian philosophy ? He argues inter alia : " In physics one can speak of fairly well established knowledge to be mastered . In ...
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... philosophy which exalts blackness . " . 10 I do not agree . This smacks too much of an inferiority complex . Why do the whites not talk of " whititude " for instance ? There is no other way to establish black literary presence than by ...
... philosophy which exalts blackness . " . 10 I do not agree . This smacks too much of an inferiority complex . Why do the whites not talk of " whititude " for instance ? There is no other way to establish black literary presence than by ...
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... philosophy . Now that marxism is dead , marxist writers should consider a switch to African philosophy . The language question is a thorny one . In my definition of African literature , language is not a criterion . Yet the debate over ...
... philosophy . Now that marxism is dead , marxist writers should consider a switch to African philosophy . The language question is a thorny one . In my definition of African literature , language is not a criterion . Yet the debate over ...
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Background of Nigerian Literature | 2 |
Religion and Culture in African Literature | 13 |
Problems of Commitment in Literature | 22 |
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