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African Cosmology

African Cosmology is a systematic framework of belief and knowledge that articulates the structure, origin, and order of the universe within African religious thought, distinguished by its emphasis on the interdependence of spiritual and material realms, ancestral presence, and cyclical time.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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African Philosophy: Myth and Reality

Mary Nooter Roberts, Paulin J. Hountondji · The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 1998 · 498 citations

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African Philosophy: Myth and Reality

Mary Nooter Roberts, Paulin J. Hountondji · The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 1998 · 229 citations

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African divination systems: ways of knowing

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 124 citations

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African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing

Wyatt MacGaffey, Philip M. Peek · Journal of Religion in Africa · 1992 · 120 citations

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African Worlds: Studies in the Cosmological Ideas and Social Values of African Peoples

J. A. Barnes, Daryll Forde · British Journal of Sociology · 1954 · 105 citations

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Authors

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  1. DF
    Daryll Forde

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    2 publications · 198 citations

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  2. IK
    Ivan Karp

    Emory University, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  3. PM
    Philip M. Peek

    Drew University, United States

    2 publications · 146 citations

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  4. GE
    Gillian Eagle

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  5. PJ
    Paulin J. Hountondji

    University of Coimbra, Portugal

    2 publications · 727 citations

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Institutions

18

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

  2. University of Nigeria

    Nsukka, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  3. University of the Free State

    Bloemfontein, South Africa

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  4. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  5. Lincoln University - Missouri

    Jefferson City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    92 citations

  6. North-West University

    Potchefstroom, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  7. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 231 citations

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  2. Journal of Black Studies

    4 publications · 72 citations

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  4. Ethnology

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  5. Journal of Religion in Africa

    2 publications · 140 citations

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