Edited by F. Abiola Irele and Biodun Jeyifo
From St. Augustine and early Ethiopian philosophers to the anticolonialist movements of Pan Africanism and Negritude, The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought offers a comprehensive view of African thought, covering the intellectual tradition on the continent and throughout the diaspora. All major trends in African philosophy, political theory, and religion will be covered, as well as significant historical figures and social movements.
The encyclopedia is a nice complement to our other well-regarded reference works in African and African American history and culture. It provides background into the intellectual traditions that have shaped this history and culture.
F. Abiola Irele and Biodun Jeyifo are currently teaching in the African and African American studies department at Harvard. Irele's The African Experience in Literature and Ideology is a standard text in the field. Biodun Jeyifo was formerly director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard.
First edition
e-reference edition ISBN: 9780195338416
Print edition ISBN: 9780195334739
Print edition publication date: 2010
Publishing history: First published 2010
Copyright: © 2010 Oxford University Press
