A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY

This piece argues that there is a possibility of a history of African philosophy, which is strongly linked to the problem of methodology, precisely the problem of orature and collective thought. Contrary to the perspective of the universalists, it traces the historical evolution of African philosophy from the Tempelcian period and even beyond. It moves beyond a discussion on the possibility of the history of African philosophy to a discussion of its periodization. It submits that the periods of the development of African philosophy can be categorized into the Ancient, Medieval, Modern and Contemporary traditions of African philosophy. ABSTRACT