Author for a (short) note of honor about V. Y. Mudimbe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

[Björn Freter]

Dear colleagues,

For an upcoming issue of APA Studies on Philosophy and the Black Experience (link), I am seeking a contributor to write a (brief) note of honor commemorating the lives and intellectual legacies of the recently departed V. Y. Mudimbe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. (Other formats are certainly conceivable, e.g. philosophical analyses of individual works or ideas.)

If you - or someone you know - would be interested and well-positioned to reflect on the philosophical contributions of these towering figures, please feel free to reach out. 

Best,
Bjoern

Björn Freter, PhD

(he/him/his - see here for more information why)

https://www.bjornfreter.com/ 

Just published!

Volume 24.1 of the APA Studies on Philosophy and the Black Experience, the third volume under the editorship of Anthony Neal and myself, has just been published!
https://www.apaonline.org/page/black_experience_apastudies

Some recent publications!
»Sophie Bọsẹdé Olúwọlé on Yorùbá Philosophy, Knowing, not-Knowing and the Pain of Letting Go«, in: Ada Agada, Emmanuel Ofuasia, and Bruno Yammeluan Ikuli (eds.): »Contemporary African Metaphysical Thought«, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2024, 105-129, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-73963-7_7
»Andro*-Superiorism. Anti-female* Thought and the Superhuman Fallacy in Western canonical Philosophy«, in: Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking 4.1, 2024, 60-93, https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajct.v4i1.4
»Mythologie der Gynophobie. Eine philosophische und autobiographische Erkundung über den Andro-Superiorismus«, in: Vanessa Albus, Volker Haase (eds.): »Autobiographisches Philosophieren« (Philosophie und Bildung), Berlin, Lit, 2024, 126-143, https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-14970-1/
»Onto-normative Monism in the ሐተታ (ḥāteta) of Zera Yaqob: Insights into Ethiopian Epistemology and Lessons for the Problem of Superiorism«, in: Peter Aloysius Ikhane, Isaac E. Ukpokolo (eds.): »African Epistemology: Being and Knowledge«, Routledge, London, 2023, 145-158, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003182320/african-epistemology-peter-aloysius-ikhane-isaac-ukpokolo

Elvis Imafidon, Mpho Tshivhase, Björn Freter (eds.): Handbook of African Philosophy
https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-030-77898-9

Upcoming
»Radicalizing Ubu-ntu. Some Critical Thoughts on Mogobe Ramose’s Philosophy of Ubu-ntu and a Proposal for its Desuperiorization«, in: Kenneth Abudu, Kevin Behrens, Elvis Imafidon (eds.): »African Philosophy and Deep Ecology«, Routledge, 2024, tba
»Abosede Priscilla Ipadeola’s Philosophy of Liberation«, in: Amara Esther Chimakonam and Dr. Christian Idika (eds.): »Her-storical Perspectives in African Philosophy«, Springer, Cham, tba