A good deal of academic study in this area (real academic study, not the promotion of any racial agenda) centers on the question as to whether such a thing actually exists in and of itself apart from a reflection of or reaction to colonialism.
This itself makes it an interesting area of study.
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- African American philosophy
Be that as it may, the OP/thread isn't about African American philosophy.
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Well, why, then, did you title the thread "
African Philosophy" rather than "African American Philosophy;" moreover, refer to the disputed nature of African philosophy, the existence of which was, for a time, indeed disputed? Would it really have been onerous to have included the word "American" after "African" in your title, at least so readers would know what you meant?
To wit, African American philosophy, doesn't exist apart from Western European philosophy on the whole because African Americans are, first and foremost, Americans. African Americans, like all Americans, are taught and inculcated with the principles of Western philosophy because they are "products" of American culture and educational systems. There neither is nor was a broadly accepted movement among African Americans whereby they, like, for example, Native Americans have a completely separate philosophical system, or set thereof, to which they ascribe.
Okay, you attest to the thread being about African American philosophy. I accept that. I can't imagine how anyone being even moderately informed about philosophy in general is going to know you intend that as the topic insofar as that is not what the title and original narrative in the OP indicate. Perhaps, however, you aren't really entreating for a discussion with people who are moderately to well informed about philosophy, and in particular African philosophy?
