African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry

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Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction: African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo Part 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 Humours: Destiny and Agency Among the Swahili David Parkin 3. Some African Conceptions of Person: A Critique Didier N. Kaphagawani Part 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 Part 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 Contributors Index

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