African Philosophy: Myth and Reality

Preface to the second edition Introduction by Abiola Irele Part One: Arguments 1. An alienated literature 2. History of a myth 3. African philosophy, myth, and reality 4. Philosophy and its revolutions Part Two: Analyses 5. An African philosopher in Germany in the eighteenth century: Anton-Wilhelm Amo 6. The end of 'Nkrumaism' and the (re)birth of Nkrumah 7. The idea of philosophy in Nkrumah's Consciencism 8. True and false pluralism Postscript Notes and references Index