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Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida
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Thursday, 11th February 2021

African Philosophy Books in Syllabi

So I was poking around on the Open Syllabus Explorer site https://opensyllabus.org/ which is pretty cool, I must say. They have about 7.3 million syllabi there, and you can search elements… Continue reading…

Friday, 9th October 2020

Nobel Peace Prize: World Food Program

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/world/2020-nobel-peace-prize.html

This is a worthy recipient. I’ve seen them work up close, when I was in Kenya and later in Rwanda. Food insecurity is a huge issue that can drive violence, topple… Continue reading…

Thursday, 18th July 2019

On Being Gabriel Apata Instead of Achille Mbembe

This is an interesting reflection on a black man being mistaken for another black man, at a conference that was overwhelmingly white. I was at that conference. I met Gabriel Apata (and had a… Continue reading…

Wednesday, 17th July 2019

On the Passing of Johnny Clegg

I’m still surprisingly affected by the news that Johnny Clegg has passed away. Here’s a really nice piece by Richard Pithouse on Juluka’s first album, that gives some good detail and context to why… Continue reading…

Sunday, 19th March 2017

The San and Control over Research

From March 19, 2017

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/san-people-africa-draft-code-ethics-researchers

This is entirely reasonable on the part of the San. The Navajo have a research officer in the US who deals with research groups, and does something similar to… Continue reading…

Wednesday, 19th October 2016

Try Leaving Your Comfort Zone — You Might Learn Something About Yourself

From Oct. 19, 2016

http://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucf-forum/224

I’m in Cape Town, South Africa, as I write this. I’ve been heading to South Africa about once a year or so for a while now, and before that… Continue reading…

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