The Women Doing Philosophy Group in the Philippines
To Slay a Specter: On the Founding of the Women Doing Philosophy Group in the Philippines
By Cassandra Teodosio
For years there has been a lingering...
The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2021 Award Winners
The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and mentorship:
The Frantz...
Time, Beauty, and Spirit in Kamëntšá Culture: A Brief Review
For someone like me who has research interest in myth and religion, Juan Alejandro Chindoy’s A Decolonial Philosophy of Indigenous Colombia contains wonderful analyses...
Black Spaces in Britain: On the Windrush and Small Axe
By James Cantres
Steve McQueen’s five-part film anthology Small Axe portrays various strains of Black British life from the 1960s through 1980s. Each film gives...
Storming the Capitol Building Is Not a Privilege
By Lewis R. Gordon
Among the critical responses to white supremacists’ attack on Congress on the 6th of January 2021 was the cry of “white...
Parable of Change
Georgia is where my sister lives with her family. Her oldest child, my goddaughter, epitomizes Black girl magic. She is a leader. She is...
On Protest and Hope as Social Inquiry
In 1948, Marxist philosopher C.L.R. James, addressing Black political militancy, insisted “that the independent Negro movement that we see today and which we see...
From Durban to the World
By Richard Pithouse
In much of Africa rain is taken as an auspicious sign when it falls, as a blessing, on a major event. But...
Washed-over Colonial Realities of The Crown
By Vashna Jagarnath
All this The Crown craze, what the hell is happening to the world?
I understood the Downton Abbey thing, even though it was...
Thinking about African resilience in the face of Covid19
By Hady BA
Many of us in Africa complained a lot about the fact that not only the Western press, but also the...