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SEMESTER 1 – 2025 - UNISA
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DUE DATE: - 29 MAY 2025
Footnotes/Bibliography included
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QUESTION
Section A – CHOOSE ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER
QUESTION 1
1. With reference to the discourses on Africa, critically discuss why African
Philosophy should concern itself with the term “Africa”.
In your discussion engage the following:
• What are the discourses and critiques happing in African Philosophy about Africa?
• Should African Philosophy and the discourse in African Philosophy be understood in
comparison to Western Philosophy? If yes, why and if no, why not?
• Is the discourse about the term “African” in African Philosophy still necessary?
[50 marks]
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,Section A – CHOOSE ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER
QUESTION 1
With reference to the discourses on Africa, critically discuss why African Philosophy
should concern itself with the term “Africa”.
In your discussion engage the following:
• What are the discourses and critiques happening in African Philosophy about Africa?
• Should African Philosophy and the discourse in African Philosophy be understood in
comparison to Western Philosophy? If yes, why and if no, why not?
• Is the discourse about the term “African” in African Philosophy still necessary?
[50 marks]
QUESTION 2
Critically assess whether Gyekye was able to balance between the individual and
community in his attempts to describe a concept of a person and their human rights.
In your assessment engage the following:
• What are individual rights according to Gyekye?
• What is a community?
• Why did Gyekye advocate for the balance between the community and individual
rights?
• Does Gyekye succeed in his attempt to show that there is a place for individual rights
in moderate communitarianism?
[50 marks]
Section B – CHOOSE ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER
, QUESTION 3
Give a detailed discussion of two (2) of the trends discussed by Odera Oruka.
In your discussion engage the following:
• Define the term trends.
• Discuss the two trends as argued by Oruka
• What role do Oruka’s trends serve to achieve in African Philosophy and are these
trends still relevant?
[50 marks]
QUESTION 4
Critically discuss what is the role of individual rights in Gyekye’s moderate
communitarianism.
In your essay engage the following:
• What is radical communitarianism?
• What is moderate communitarianism?
• What are individual rights according to both radical and moderate communitarianism?
[50 marks]
A
SELLING” memos for the year 2024.
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PLS1502
Introduction to African Philosophy
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The
MEMO - MAY/JUNE 2025
SEMESTER 1 – 2025 - UNISA
UNIQUE NUMBER: -
DUE DATE: - 29 MAY 2025
Footnotes/Bibliography included
PORTFOLIO PREVIEW
QUESTION
Section A – CHOOSE ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER
QUESTION 1
1. With reference to the discourses on Africa, critically discuss why African
Philosophy should concern itself with the term “Africa”.
In your discussion engage the following:
• What are the discourses and critiques happing in African Philosophy about Africa?
• Should African Philosophy and the discourse in African Philosophy be understood in
comparison to Western Philosophy? If yes, why and if no, why not?
• Is the discourse about the term “African” in African Philosophy still necessary?
[50 marks]
Disclaimer
Extreme care has been used by our Tutors to draft this document, however the contents are provided “as is” without any representations
warranties, express or implied. This document is to be used for comparison, research and reference purposes ONLY. No part of this docume
may be reproduced, resold or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the Author. – LLB EXAMPAC
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,Section A – CHOOSE ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER
QUESTION 1
With reference to the discourses on Africa, critically discuss why African Philosophy
should concern itself with the term “Africa”.
In your discussion engage the following:
• What are the discourses and critiques happening in African Philosophy about Africa?
• Should African Philosophy and the discourse in African Philosophy be understood in
comparison to Western Philosophy? If yes, why and if no, why not?
• Is the discourse about the term “African” in African Philosophy still necessary?
[50 marks]
QUESTION 2
Critically assess whether Gyekye was able to balance between the individual and
community in his attempts to describe a concept of a person and their human rights.
In your assessment engage the following:
• What are individual rights according to Gyekye?
• What is a community?
• Why did Gyekye advocate for the balance between the community and individual
rights?
• Does Gyekye succeed in his attempt to show that there is a place for individual rights
in moderate communitarianism?
[50 marks]
Section B – CHOOSE ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER
, QUESTION 3
Give a detailed discussion of two (2) of the trends discussed by Odera Oruka.
In your discussion engage the following:
• Define the term trends.
• Discuss the two trends as argued by Oruka
• What role do Oruka’s trends serve to achieve in African Philosophy and are these
trends still relevant?
[50 marks]
QUESTION 4
Critically discuss what is the role of individual rights in Gyekye’s moderate
communitarianism.
In your essay engage the following:
• What is radical communitarianism?
• What is moderate communitarianism?
• What are individual rights according to both radical and moderate communitarianism?
[50 marks]
