Is it possible to learn Ancient African Philosophy?

Abraham Ladick: I've studied sub-Saharan African philosophy, and there are several approaches. One is to study contemporary African philosophers who are drawing on various distinct tribal and national cultures.Two widespread and general principles: "ancient" African philosophies tended to emphasize the harmony of the whole (society), and to warn against the distortion of the good, whether in the arts, politics, etc.Both of these are also emphasized in Plato, btw, and are also found e.g. in Hobbes. In other words, there's nothing in ancient African philosophy that is not also thought about in Western and e.g. Chinese philosophy, rather, the African thinkers tended to emphasize social harmony more than e.g. some Western thinkers, who placed more emphasis on the individual, e.g. the authors of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. In that regard, most Chinese philosophy is more akin to most African philosophy."A Short History of African Philosophy," Barry Hallen, may be ! helpful. Review at http://www.amazon.com...Show more

Sonya Volcko: The possibility is always there specially to the worthy seeker but the real question is, is it probable?You mentioned Ethiopia you could start there and clues will be unlock as go on.

Barton Morfee: a good way to get to african philosophy is through voodoo, find out who first started it, where it began exactly in africa, and what they did, why they did it, ask all sorts of questions starting from there and seek the answers. should be pretty fun & easy.also, isis wa sin africa.