Philosophy and an African Culture

Abstract

Part I: 1. Philosophy and an African culture 2. On an African orientation in philosophy 3. How not to compare African traditional thought with Western thought 4. What can philosophy do for Africa? Part II: 5. Marxism, philosophy and ideology 6. In praise of utopianism Part III: 7. Philosophy, mysticism and rationality 8. Truth as opinion 9. To be is to be known 10. What is philosophy? 11. In defence of opinion 12. Truth: a dialogue Origins of the essays Index.