Gender, African Philosophies, and Concepts
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This volume sets out to explore, propose, and generate feminist theories based on African indigenous philosophies and concepts. It investigates specific philosophical and ethical concepts that emerge from African indigenous religions and considers their potential for providing feminist imagination for social justice-oriented earth communities. The contributions examine African indigenous concepts such as Ubuntu, ancestorhood, trickster discourse, Mupo, Akwaaba, Tukumbeng, Eziko, storytelling, and Ngozi . They look to deconstruct oppressive social categories of gender, class, ethnicity, race,…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This volume sets out to explore, propose, and generate feminist theories based on African indigenous philosophies and concepts. It investigates specific philosophical and ethical concepts that emerge from African indigenous religions and considers their potential for providing feminist imagination for social justice-oriented earth communities. The contributions examine African indigenous concepts such as Ubuntu, ancestorhood, trickster discourse, Mupo, Akwaaba, Tukumbeng, Eziko, storytelling, and Ngozi . They look to deconstruct oppressive social categories of gender, class, ethnicity, race, colonialism, heteronormativity, and anthropocentricism. The book will be of interest to scholars of religion, philosophy, gender studies, and African studies.
Autorenporträt
Musa W. Dube, the William Ragsdale Cannon Distinguished Professor of the New Testament, is a Humboldtian awardee (2011) and winner of the Gutenberg Teaching Award (2017) biblical scholar based at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, USA. Dube is also Professor Extraordinaire of the Institute of Gender Studies, UNISA. Telesia K. Musili is Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Nairobi. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah is Dean of the School of Theology at Perez University College, Pomades, Winneba, Ghana. She is also Head Pastor of Revival Temple, Perez Chapel Int., La, Accra, Ghana.