Resumen

DANTAS, Luís Thiago Freire. The invisibility of african philosophy in the brazilian academic discourse. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.59, pp.405-424. ISSN 1982-596x.  https://doi.org/10.14393/REVEDFIL.issn.0102-6801.v30n59a2016-p405a424.

The purpose of this article is to question the invisibility of African philosophy in academic discourse. For this, the article will reflect on the ideology that is the cause of this lack of understanding of the history on the African continent, and then the article will present the complexity of assigning an African identity, but also to criticize the concept of ethnophilosophy by philosopher Cameroon Marcien Towa. Finally, the article considers this invisibility as a colonizer read effect to develop, require very European legitimizing expression.

Palabras clave : African Philosophy; Colonization; Racism.

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