African Culture and Society

Katharina Schramm analyzes how a shared rhetoric of the (Pan-)African family is produced among African hosts and Diasporan returnees and at the same time contested in practice...

This book explores what constitutes contemporary African social and political philosophy with regard to its meaning, aims, sources, and relevance for today’s Africa. Kasanda denounces conventional approaches considering this philosophy either as a sub-category of general philosophy, or as an ideolog..

This book explores what constitutes contemporary African social and political philosophy with regard to its meaning, aims, sources, and relevance for today’s Africa. Kasanda denounces conventional approaches considering this philosophy either as a sub-category of general philosophy, or as an ideolog..

Jokes have always been part of African culture, but never have they been so blended with the strains and gains of the contemporary African world as today. The book considers the pervasive phenomenon of jokes and their performance across Africa...

From Heidegger and Nietzsche to Fanon and Santos, the book traces a trajectory of rethinking of existing paradigms and epistemological assumptions that could enable a robust evolution of a Nigerian tradition of philosophy._x005F_x000D_..

This book brings together contributors from various academic disciplines to reflect on and theorize the contours of power in Zimbabwe, including the intrinsic and or extrinsic models of power, which pertain to individuals, communities, and or groups in order to transform society...

This  collection illustrates the power of fictionalised representation in research conducted on Ubuntu in Southern Africa. The chapters insert the concept of Ubuntu within the broad intellectual debate on self and community, demonstrating its intellectual and philosophical value and grounding in pra..