Africana Philosophy

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Introduces central philosophical issues and figures from Africa and the African Diaspora. Approaches perennial issues in philosophy of human nature and social/political philosophy from an Africana perspective. Topics of discussion may include: the ontological status of race, the nature of racism, the relation between race and personal identity, contemporary race relations, global feminism and the existence of a distinctly "African" philosophy. Philosophers studied may include: Zera Yacob, Kwame Appiah, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Frantz Fanon, Paget Henry, Sylvia Wynter, Angela Davis, Charles Mills and Lewis Gordon.