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In this fascinating and compendious collection of writings from different African ethical traditions the newcomer teacher, the student, and the seasoned researcher in African philosophy alike can look forward to an enriching read, exploring concepts and framework ideas, such as ubuntu, ukama, complementarity reflection, egbe bere ugo bere, and Afro-communitarianism. * Miranda Fricker, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, The Graduate Center CUNY, USA * African Ethics is a thrilling contribution to Africana philosophy and contemporary ethics. This is a powerful scholarly collection that introduces systematic formulations of Africa’s ethical norms dictating individual acts and communal practices. For decades African peoples, and their beliefs, have been the object of colonial postulations doubting the existence of ethical systems among African peoples. This book not only shows that Africans have developed ethical systems, but convincingly demonstrates the incompleteness of contemporary ethical thought. This text is a fantastic addition to Black philosophy, Africana Studies, and decolonial theory. * Tommy J. Curry, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK *

"""In this fascinating and compendious collection of writings from different African ethical traditions the newcomer teacher, the student, and the seasoned researcher in African philosophy alike can look forward to an enriching read, exploring concepts and framework ideas, such as ubuntu, ukama, complementarity reflection, egbe bere ugo bere, and Afro-communitarianism."" --Miranda Fricker, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, The Graduate Center CUNY, USA ""African Ethics is a thrilling contribution to Africana philosophy and contemporary ethics. This is a powerful scholarly collection that introduces systematic formulations of Africa's ethical norms dictating individual acts and communal practices. For decades African peoples, and their beliefs, have been the object of colonial postulations doubting the existence of ethical systems among African peoples. This book not only shows that Africans have developed ethical systems, but convincingly demonstrates the incompleteness of contemporary ethical thought. This text is a fantastic addition to Black philosophy, Africana Studies, and decolonial theory."" --Tommy J. Curry, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK"

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Jonathan O. Chimakonam is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is the editor of Atuolu Omalu: Some Unanswered Questions in Contemporary African Philosophy (2015); African Philosophy and Environmental Conservation (2018) and African Philosophy and the Epistemic Marginalization of Women (2018). Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues is Associate Professor of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Hunan University, China. He is the editor of Animals, Race and Multiculturalism (2017), Philosophies of Multiculturalism (2019) and Comparative Just War Theory (2019).

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