African Philosophy.

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What is wisdom? What makes a good society? How can we live well in specific social contexts? How are individuals related to their communities? How are the dead related to the living? In this course, we will engage the answers that African thinkers provide to such questions with attention to specific historical, social, political, and spiritual contexts. This is a discussion-based course which relies on active participation through debate, small group discusssions, writing, and creative activities. We will pursue a humanities approach: we come to class not mainly to master ideas but to learn and practice how to live well.