How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.

How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.

HAP 129 - Afrophone Home - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins.

We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins.

HAP 128 - Marginal Comments - bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins

Audre Lorde

In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.

In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.

HAP 127 - Knowing the Difference - Audre Lorde

Angela Davis

The eventful life and penetrating philosophy of Angela Davis, an icon of resistance deeply informed by Marxism and influential on black feminist thought.

The eventful life and penetrating philosophy of Angela Davis, an icon of resistance deeply informed by Marxism and influential on black feminist thought.

HAP 126 - Fugitive for Justice - Angela Davis

Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker explore the themes of black feminism (or “womanism”) in their fiction. Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual violence and suicide.

Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker explore the themes of black feminism (or “womanism”) in their fiction. Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual violence and suicide.

HAP 125 - Phenomenal Woman - The Black Women’s Literary Renaissance

1970s black feminists like Toni Cade Bambara, the Combahee River Collective, and Awa Thiam critique white feminist and black nationalist failures to recognize the unique struggle of the black woman.

1970s black feminists like Toni Cade Bambara, the Combahee River Collective, and Awa Thiam critique white feminist and black nationalist failures to recognize the unique struggle of the black woman.

HAP 124 - Double Jeopardy - Black Feminism

Walter Rodney

Another Caribbean thinker, Walter Rodney of Guyana, explores Africana history from a Marxist perspective. 

Another Caribbean thinker, Walter Rodney of Guyana, explores Africana history from a Marxist perspective.

HAP 123 - History Teaches Us - Walter Rodney

Steve Biko

Famous for his killing at the hands of the Apartheid government in South Africa, Steve Biko was also a deep thinker, who introduced the notion of Black Consciousness.

Famous for his killing at the hands of the Apartheid government in South Africa, Steve Biko was also a deep thinker, who introduced the notion of Black Consciousness.

HAP 122 - A More Human Face - Steve Biko

The political and musical revolution of Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, and the social critique of his cousin, the playwright Wole Soyinka.

The political and musical revolution of Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, and the social critique of his cousin, the playwright Wole Soyinka.

HAP 121 - No Agreement - Fela Kuti and Wole Soyinka

How the Rastafari movement grew from trends within Africana philosophy, and then passed into global popular culture in the music of Bob Marley and other reggae artists.

How the Rastafari movement grew from trends within Africana philosophy, and then passed into global popular culture in the music of Bob Marley and other reggae artists.

HAP 120 - Redemption Songs - Reggae and Rastafari

Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri and Chike Jeffers to represent the philosophical traditions of India, Africa and the African diaspora. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.

Wonderfully narrated, although subject matter can be a bit heavy and requires concentration.

Excellent introduction to Indian philosophy

Amazingly lucid! Good luck! Bharat mata ki Jai!!!

Good insight

Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri and Chike Jeffers to represent the philosophical traditions of India, Africa and the African diaspora. Website: <a href="http://www.historyofphilosophy.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.historyofphilosophy.net</a>.

History of Indian and Africana Philosophy

Śaṅkara and his “non-dual” (Advaita) Vedānta, which teaches that only brahman is real, and the world of experience and individual self are mere illusion.

HPI 24 - No Two Ways About It - Sankara and Advaita Vedanta

The Vedic period sets the context of the Upanisads, Buddhism and Jainism.

HPI 03 - Kingdom for a Horse - India in the Vedic Period

Chike Jeffers and Peter Adamson kick off the new series by explaining the scope and meaning of "Africana philosophy".

Chike Jeffers and Peter Adamson kick off the new series by explaining the scope and meaning of "Africana philosophy".

HAP 01 - Something Old, Something New - Introducing Africana Philosophy

Doris Garraway

An interview with Doris Garraway on the background, intellectual basis, and legacy of the Haitian Revolution.

An interview with Doris Garraway on the background, intellectual basis, and legacy of the Haitian Revolution.

HAP 39 - Doris Garraway on the Haitian Revolution

Might philosophy be as old as humankind as we know it? We investigate the implications of findings concerning the origins of humankind in Africa.

Might philosophy be as old as humankind as we know it? We investigate the implications of findings concerning the origins of humankind in Africa.

HAP 02 - It’s Only Human - Philosophy in Prehistoric Africa

The Baron de Vastey unveils the horror of colonialism as a system and defends the monarchy of King Christophe in the tense early years of Haiti’s independence.

The Baron de Vastey unveils the horror of colonialism as a system and defends the monarchy of King Christophe in the tense early years of Haiti’s independence.

HAP 38 - My Haitian Pen - Baron de Vastey

John Mbiti’s influential and controversial claim that traditional Africans experience time as having “a long past, a present, and virtually no future.”

John Mbiti’s influential and controversial claim that traditional Africans experience time as having “a long past, a present, and virtually no future.”

HAP 17 - Event Horizon - African Philosophy of Time

The god Indra learns patience and something about the self in a famous passage from the Upanisads.

HPI 05 - Do it Yourself - Indra’s Search for the Self in the Upanisads

Justin Smith

Justin E.H. Smith joins us to discuss Anton Wilhelm Amo against the background of ideas about race in early modern philosophy, including Leibniz.

Justin E.H. Smith joins us to discuss Anton Wilhelm Amo against the background of ideas about race in early modern philosophy, including Leibniz.

HAP 31 - Justin Smith on Amo and Race in Early Modern Philosophy

Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley astonishes colonial Americans with her exquisite and precocious poetry and reflects on the liberating power of the imagination.

Phillis Wheatley astonishes colonial Americans with her exquisite and precocious poetry and reflects on the liberating power of the imagination.

HAP 33 - Young, Gifted, and Black - Phillis Wheatley

Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano advance the goals of the abolitionist movement through a groundbreaking political treatise and an influential autobiography.

Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano advance the goals of the abolitionist movement through a groundbreaking political treatise and an influential autobiography.

HAP 36 - Sons of Africa - Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano

Graham Priest joins Peter to discuss non-classical logic and its connections with Buddhist patterns of reasoning.

Graham Priest joins Peter to discuss non-classical logic and its connections with Buddhist patterns of reasoning.

HPI 54 - Graham Priest on Logic and Buddhism

Special forms of knowledge and the explanation of misfortunes in African tradition.

Special forms of knowledge and the explanation of misfortunes in African tradition.

HAP 21 - The Doctor Will See You Now - Divination, Witchcraft, and Knowledge

Philosophy in Ethiopia, with translations of religious and philosophical texts into Ge’ez and a national epic called the Kebra Nagast.

Philosophy in Ethiopia, with translations of religious and philosophical texts into Ge’ez and a national epic called the Kebra Nagast.

HAP 08 - Solomon, Socrates, and Other Sages - Early Ethiopian Philosophy

The origins of the idea of karma, its moral significance in the Upanisads, and an alternative conception in the Bhagavad Gita.

HPI 06 - You Are What You Do - Karma

Jan Westerhoff

A discussion with Jan Westerhoff, an expert on the great Buddhist thinker Nāgārjuna.

A discussion with Jan Westerhoff, an expert on the great Buddhist thinker Nāgārjuna.

HPI 47 - Jan Westerhoff on Nagarjuna

Do the cuneiform writings of Babylonian culture show that it had its own philosophy?

Do the cuneiform writings of Babylonian culture show that it had its own philosophy?

HAP 03 - Fertile Ground - Philosophy in Ancient Mesopotamia

An interview with Nkiru Nzegwu on matriarchy and gender fluidity in Africa.

An interview with Nkiru Nzegwu on matriarchy and gender fluidity in Africa.

HAP 23 - Nkiru Nzegwu on Gender in African Tradition

David Walker

David Walker defends violent resistance and encourages self-improvement in his incendiary and influential Appeal.

David Walker defends violent resistance and encourages self-improvement in his incendiary and influential Appeal.

HAP 43 - Kill or Be Killed - David Walker’s Appeal

Questions of political autonomy and group identity in the emigration movement led by Paul Cuffe, Daniel Coker, John Russwurm and others.

Questions of political autonomy and group identity in the emigration movement led by Paul Cuffe, Daniel Coker, John Russwurm and others.

HAP 41 - Should I Stay or Should I Go? - The Colonization Controversy

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