Black Issues in Philosophy

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“If you become a monster, the fight is not worth it”: An interview with...

Mouhamadou El Hady Ba is an associate professor of Philosophy at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. Professor Hady Ba is also the...
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The Power of Pan-Africanism: A Dialogue with Dr. LaRose Parris

Dr. LaRose T. Parris, originally from Jamaica in the West Indies, and shaped by the diverse cultural landscape of New York City, is Associate...
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Forgiveness, Obligation, and Cultures of Domination: A Review of Myisha Cherry’s Failures of Forgiveness

Myisha Cherry has entitled her recent book Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better. The occasion for forgiveness is...

Jeezy’s Lessons from Adversity

Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins—father, rapper, urban philosopher, and entrepreneur—was born on September 28, 1977, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was introduced to the street life...
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“Rustin” (2023) and Queer Interracial Relationships of Iconic Black Men

I remain fascinated at how often white gay men have fueled Black political life. This is on full display in a recent blink-and-miss film...
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Colonial heritage or philosophical source? Update on the heritage of Bantu Philosophy

A Review Article of Beyond Bantu Philosophy. Contextualizing Placide Tempels’ Initiative in African Thought (Dokman and Cornelli eds.) and La Philosophie bantoue du Père...
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The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2024 Award Winners

The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the Frantz Fanon, Nicolas Guillén, and Claudia Jones awards for contributions to philosophical...

Tendayi Sithole’s Mabogo P. More: Philosophical Anthropology in Azania

Mabogo Percy More is a philosopher who describes his work as “Azanian Africana existential philosophy” (110). Born in 1946, More was one of the...
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Deloria’s God is Red and Liberationist Philosophies of Black Religion

2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Vine Deloria Jr.’s God is Red: A Native View of Religion, which has recently been published in a...
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Rising Up and Living on with Catherine Walsh

Catherine E. Walsh’s Rising Up, Living On: Re-Existences, Sowings, and Decolonial Cracks (Duke UP, 2023) is, on the one hand, a report on the...