Ethno-philosophy. Study guides, Study notes & Summaries

PLS1502 Introduction To African Philosophy SECTION A MULTI-CHOICE EXAM PREP. SECTION A QUESTION 1 [2018/06] Ramose's statement that 'discourses on Africa are dominated by non-Africans' can mean the following 1. that Africans are outspoken on discourses on African philosophy 2. that Europeans and Americans are dominating all discourses on Europe 3. that African s need to study other discourses also 4. that research on African studies is being led by people who are not of African origin ...

CHAPTER 12: Sampling and data collection in qualitative studies 1. Sampling may be defined as which of the following? A) Selection of an accessible population for a study B) Selection of a subset of a population to represent the entire population C) Assignment of study participants to treatment groups D) Technique for ensuring that every element in the population has an equal chance of being included in the study Ans: B Feedback: Sampling is the process of selecting elements from a population, w...

PLS1502 - Study Notes Based on Questions (Download to Score A) Does it make sense to retain the term “Africa” even though it was initially an imposition? The purpose of this question is to discuss whether it is sensible to retain the term “Africa” when we refer to the geographical area and the area of “Africa”. In other words, we can argue if it is necessary or not to use another term for “Africa”. The geographical meaning of “Africa” is contentious as it arose at a par...

PLS 1502 EXAM PACK- African Philosophy PLS 1502- AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OCT/NOV 2016 SECTION A 1.1 Identify 3 sources for the term Africa as discussed in Study unit 1. (6) The Mediterranean provided a platform for cultural interaction between and among the Romans and the Greeks..That was to be known as North Africa. This was the platform for cultural interaction between and among the Romans and Greeks, the peoples of North Africa and the Arabs. This cultural interaction in the Mediterranean ...

Compare and contrast Oruka’s ethno-philosophy and sage philosophy. Which of the two makes more sense to you and why? Readings for the assignment Prescribed Reading: See Oruka’s essay, Four Trends in post-colonial African Philosophy, and the corresponding readings in the study Guide (Study unit 3, especially section 3.6).

It clearly identifies any work produced as African philosophy Ali Mazrui on the other hand has defined an African as:• Africans of the blood which are defined in racial and genealogical terms; they are identified with the black race, this is in comparison to Osuagwu’s Ethno-African.• Africans of the soil, who are defined in geographical terms; they are identified with the African continent in nationality and ancestral location. this is in comparison to Osuagwu’s geo-temporal African.• ...

ANTH 1220:Cultural Anthropology Chapter 1,2,3,4,5 Cultural Anthropology:University of Manitoba Anthropology and the Study of Culture: Chapter 1: Anthropology: • Is the study of humanity, including our pre-historic origins and contemporary human diversity. o Covers much greater span of time than other disciplines that study humanity  Anthropology is a broader scope. Introducing Anthropology: • Some consider a science; - form of inquiry that involves first the formulation of (hypoth...

Introduction Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.3 million km (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. Was there an African philosophy or not was largely born out of the popular western portrayal of Africa in books by ethnologists and historians. They popularized the face of Africa that was brutal, the people that could not do anything, develop noth...

The document is based on assignment 2 of 4 trends of African Philosophy: Ethno, Sage, Nationalist- ideology and Professional philosophy.

Professional philosophy: Professional philosophy is a philosophy that promotes a particular way of thinking, reflecting, and reasoning. Most of African professional philosophers are academic philosophers who are trained in the western academy. African professional philosophers reject The assumptions of ethno-philosophy. Philosophy is conceived as a discipline or an activity whose meaning cannot depend just on racial or regional make-up. In other words,...