Such an underrepresented and scarce discussed area of philosophy. I'm so happy to see how thorough this channel is...it feels good to see how much you value informing people about a subject you have a great deal of passion and knowledge about in a clear and purely informative and objective form. One of the best philosophy channels on KZread by far!

The other day i thought about, "wait, there has to be African philosophy. No one ever mentions it". Glad to have found this!

So hyped for this! Can't wait for the coming episodes.

Wow! This sounds terrific... can't wait.

Yes I am so excited! I've been looking for a resource like this

I look forward to watching this series. 😌

been watching your videos love the content !!!

I look forward to this.

It's good effort. I think it's important to express the philosophical voice of as many traditions as possible.

Wow thanks so much for all of this! Wanted to jump into sub-Saharan African Philosophy and it's a great jumping off point. It's a real shame that none of this is taught in general humanities courses in the States.

been looking for material on african philosphy since high school and that was 2016 !

Sounds interesting, especially Ethiopian philosophy based on what you said.

BRING THIS PHILOSOPHY MINISERIES BACK!!!

The barrier between north and sub-saharan Africa is somewhat a post colonial structure, or more neo colonial. Africa have never been separated by sahara. Ones there where actually civilisations in the sahara even when it was a desert like the garamanties (i think that is how it is spelled) the almovahid empire was trans sahara empire, that started in senegal and ended in spain. West African intertectuel hubs like timbuktu and kano were also connected to North Africas hubs like fez, and the Middle Eastern, or let's say the arabic world, the berbers, and other native North African are closer to sub sahara Africa then the Arabic north African, for eksempel in west Africa you find pre Islamic gods that resemble ancient ancient Egyptian gods, and the ancient Mandé writing system and berbers writing are almost the same. do to the désert growth ethnicities like the Mandé were forced to south but that didn't create a separation between them and the berbers, there was still trade and raids and so on and eventually the berbers would take over the Ghana empire. Up til 1900 century there where strong trading, religious and cultural links between the North and the South in some places like the kanem bonuro (i think that is how it is spelled).

Will you be considering the influences of outside religions on those philosophies? Such as Judeo-Christian-Islam or Hindu as might be the case in South Africa.

I wad born in Yoruba territory and have been to a dozen countries across africa. Very interested to Learn the distinction between philosophical histories and current cultural trends in these places. As sub-Saharan Africa did not have written language before the colonials came over, I wonder how their history will be presented. Btw, I visited Rwanda's national museum 2 years ago. Their history prior to the 1700s takes up 1/2 a wall. I asked the curator why they had so little. He said "we didn't have a written language till the colonists came. We have some oral traditions, but they don't always match the archeology. " Bizarre, if you think about it. That concept simply doesn't exist outside of Sub-Saharan Africa.

This sounds interesting.

A video on All Time Greatest African Thinkers: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6Bs1JWdcpu3oto.html

@CarneadesOfCyrene

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video. I won't be insulted that you didn't include Carneades. I think "Thinkers" is a tough category because it is so broad. It seems to me that most everyone on the list is a great candidate, but I think there are some that I might have included such as Hypatia of Alexandria, Walda Heywat or Zera Yacob.

@ericjazzfan9500

3 жыл бұрын

@@CarneadesOfCyrene Thanks. I agree. It's very difficult to include all the great African thinkers in the list.

Do you know of any Black or African KZreadrs with this information? I want to learn African philosophy but I'm tired of learning my history through colonizers. Do you happen to have any resources?

@CarneadesOfCyrene

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I did. If you find any let me know. If you are looking for modern accessible African philosophers (though not on KZread), I would recommend Kwame Anthony Appiah (half British, half Ghanaian).

@mzansifuniestvideos3315

2 жыл бұрын

Romos makoba a professor at University of South Africa

@ashcar6903

2 жыл бұрын

Haven't watched yet but this was in my recommended: kzread.info/dash/bejne/la6DsMunqKSZd8o.html

@thedreamer1527

Жыл бұрын

Check out credo mutwa

@thandondashe4887

Жыл бұрын

Dr Bunmi Oyinsan (Sankofa Pan African Series on KZread)

It might be a silly question but it's been a while since it popped up in my head : is rastafarianism originated from ethiopia considered as a philosophy ?

@christianbethel

4 жыл бұрын

It's more of a religion than a philosophy.

@amanrusom9498

4 жыл бұрын

It didn't originate there. Its western islands or Caribbean if you like. From my understanding

Hi! I can not find the video about panafricanism!

@CarneadesOfCyrene

3 жыл бұрын

I never finished the series, but I have started working on it again, so you should be seeing new videos (including the one on Panafricanism coming soonish.

What’s the sub branch+figures of as well as ethnophilosophy?as well as its concerns (Someone please help me ASAP)😭

@CarneadesOfCyrene

3 жыл бұрын

Here's my video on ethnophilosophy. I hope that it helps. :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWmj0tWBhMzQedY.html

@siyas685

3 жыл бұрын

@@CarneadesOfCyrene do you mind answering me? I watched the vidoe and I’m still looking for the answers

Does John McDowell count as African philosophy?

@CarneadesOfCyrene

5 жыл бұрын

I would count him and David Benetar as African philosophers, but there is likely a debate to be had around whether we should count someone in a philosophical tradition if they share a nationality with the tradition or if they share an ethnicity with it. We will look into this somewhat when we cover ethnophilosophy.

Lmaooo It's pronounced as Yo-ro-ba basically but the spelling is Yoruba😂 thanks for the video man

Ancient Egypt which has the largest corpus literature among civilizations in antiquity.

@CarneadesOfCyrene

3 жыл бұрын

I focus in the series on Sub-Saharan African philosophy, mostly because there is so much of North African philosophy and it has much more interplay with European and Asian philosophy. Carneades himself was born in present-day Libya.

I came here exited until I heard a white guys voice, like wtf why can't we ever tell our own stories.

@kenm2595

3 жыл бұрын

G.G G.G shut up

@g.gg.g4539

3 жыл бұрын

@@kenm2595 Karen it's ok

@CarneadesOfCyrene

3 жыл бұрын

I would love for there to be more African philosophers on KZread. As someone who has lived for many years in Africa, I think that these philosophies are important to share and learn about regardless of who is doing the teaching, but I understand that there are many that disagree. And be careful assuming my race based on my voice, the channel is named for a (North) African philosopher after all.

@g.gg.g4539

3 жыл бұрын

@@CarneadesOfCyrene that's a fair point. Because of the history of racism against black philosophers, inventors, history etc,. + the distorted global image of Africa, we're rarely allowed the opportunity to tell our own stories. Which country in Africa did u live in?

@g.gg.g4539

3 жыл бұрын

@@CarneadesOfCyrene u there

Sage philosophy is left out

@CarneadesOfCyrene

3 жыл бұрын

A very good point. I have actually been revisiting this series and I hope to include Sage philosophy in the next batch!

Huh

@deaconcouric5037

5 жыл бұрын

uh

@smartpants6

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I had no clue Africa even had philosophy.

@oughton42

5 жыл бұрын

@@smartpants6 What? Of course Africans do philosophy. Why wouldn't they?

@deaconcouric5037

5 жыл бұрын

@Lucas Davenport If you watched the video, you would see he would specifically go into subsaharan philosophy.

@GodsOwnPrototype

5 жыл бұрын

@Lucas Davenport Egypt, especially pre-Islamic, whilst being geographically African, is part of Mediterranean & so broadly West Eurasian Civilisation & thought.

sounds boring. mention the australian aboriginals ideas of "dreamtime". so very wise.

@picaweltschmerz6357

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds interesting.

@avoidbeing

5 жыл бұрын

@@picaweltschmerz6357 indeed. this poor attempt at progressive philosophy will die out soon and it will look quite embarassing. even the fact that it must be divided into "ethnophilosophy" is in extremely bad taste.

@picaweltschmerz6357

5 жыл бұрын

...I meant the concept of dreamtime sounded interesting, but ok.

@avoidbeing

5 жыл бұрын

point stands nonetheless.

@BRockandriffs

5 жыл бұрын

roseman Calm down, all he did in this video was name the topics he will cover. You have no idea what he thinks about any of the topics listed and are lambasting him for merely covering it.