Listening to Ourselves : A Multilingual Anthology of African Philosophy / edited by Chike Jeffers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jeffers, Chike, 1982-

Series:

SUNY Series in Living Indigenous Philosophies

SUNY series in living indigenous philosophies

Suny series in living indigenous philosophies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, African.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contemporary African philosophy in indigenous African languages and English translation.

Contents:

""Being and Time""""The Ethiopian Situation""; ""Cyclicality of Time""; ""Time and Fate""; ""From Cyclical Time to Teleological Time""; ""Ethiopia and Modernity""; ""Modernity and Renewal""; ""Notes""; ""Ngero ok Rias: Kaka Puonj mar Ngero Chalo, Kendo Kaka Ngero Opogore gi Pimo Wach""; ""Wach M�Otelo""; ""Chuny Wach""; ""Tienge mag Ngero""; ""Ngeche ma yot""; ""Ngeche ma tek""; ""Notes""; ""A Proverb Never Lies: On the Nature of Proverbs and How They Differ from Propositions""; ""Introduction""; ""The Text""; ""Types of Proverbs""; ""Simple Proverbs""; ""Complex Proverbs""; ""Notes""

""Ang�o Man e Nying�? Okange Ang�wen Mag Nyinge e Oganda Luo""""Wach Mokwongo""; ""Awendo Ok Onego E Yiege""; ""Okang� Mokwongo: Nyinge Michako Nyathi ka Pod Yom""; ""Okang mar Ariyo: Nyinge Lek gi Juogi""; ""Okang� Mar Adek: Nyinge mag Ranyis Anyuola""; ""Okang� Mar Ang�wen: Nyinge Pakruok""; ""Wach Mogik""; ""Notes""; ""What�s in a Name? Four Levels of Naming among the Luo People""; ""Introduction""; ""A Guinea Fowl Should not Abandon Its Feathers""; ""The First Level: Names Given to Infants""; ""The Second Level: Names from Dreams and Ancestral Names""

""The Third Level: Names That Show Kinship""""The Fourth Level: Praise Names""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""KÅ©geria MÄ©ario: Atumia, Ciana, MbÅ©ri, MÄ©gÅ©nda""; ""GÄ©tongoria""; ""MÄ©ikarÄ©re""; ""Ä?cunjÄ© Cia Hau Kabere""; ""KÅ©imbÅ©ria IcunjÄ© na Makinya ma GÅ©kÅ©ra""; ""Hitho ya Ciugoâ€?GÅ©cÄ©rumbÅ©yia""; ""Riika na MaÅ©ndÅ© MarÄ©konie""; ""KÅ©rigicania Miarioâ€?Aka na MaÅ©ndÅ© Mao""; ""MÄ©eke na Itheriâ€?MÄ©haka na MÄ©aramano""; ""GÅ©tÅ©ma na GÅ©chokanÄ©rÄ©ria""; ""KÅ©rÄ©kÄ©rÄ©riaâ€?Ciugo Cia KÅ©rigÄ©rÄ©ria na Å©taarani""; ""Concluding Caveat""; ""Notes""

""Conversations: Women, Children, Goats, Land""""Introduction""; ""Culture and Tradition""; ""Social Divisions of the Past""; ""Investigating the Stages of Growth and Emerging Divisions and Groups""; ""Words and Hidden Meanings �Interrogation and Exposure""; ""Age-Sets and Related Matters""; ""Complicating the Discussion�Women and Their Experiences""; ""Gaps and Spaces �Limits and Oportunities""; ""Weaving Loose Ends""; ""Notes""; ""Okwu na Uche""; ""I. Mmalite""; ""II. Filosofi n�asusu Igbo?""; ""III. Okwu na Uche""; ""III.a. Uche bu Aku""

""III.b. “Central Igbo�: Ngozi na nsogbu""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781461943136

1461943132

9781438447452

1438447450

OCLC:

859331561