I Am Because We Are: Readings in Black Philosophy
This anthology of writing by prominent black thinker from antiquity to the present makes the case for a central tradition of black philosophy, rooted in Africa and distinct from the intellectual heritage of the West.
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This anthology of writing by prominent black thinker from antiquity to the present makes the case for a central tradition of black philosophy, rooted in Africa and distinct from the intellectual heritage of the West.
"I am because we are": An Introduction to Black Philosophy1The Declarations of Innocence21The Teachings of Ptahhotep24An Interview with H. Odera Oruka32Negritude: A Humanism of the Twentieth Century45Consciencism55Ujamaa - The Basis of African Socialism65Identity and Dignity in the Context of the National Liberation Struggle73From Myth, Literature, and the African World84Feminism and Revolution94We Are Committed to Building a Single Nation in Our Country108The Call of Providence to the Descendants of Africa in America121Africa for the Africans136The Future as I See It140from So Uncle Said145The West Indian Middle Classes152from Discourse on Colonialism162Racism and Culture172Black Power, a Basic Understanding182The Shadow of the Whip: A Comment on Male-Female Relations in the Caribbean189Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, July 5, 1852203The Relations and Duties of Free Colored Men in America to Africa219Womanhood: A Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race231The Atlanta Exposition Address243Does Race Antipathy Serve Any Good Purpose?247On Being Ashamed of Oneself: An Essay on Race Pride250The Concept of Race255The New Negro261Speech on "Black Revolution" (New York, April 8, 1964)272Black Power285Radical Perspectives on the Empowerment of Afro-American Women: Lessons for the 1980s296Philosophy, Ethnicity, and Race304Feminism: A Transformational Politic329The Afrocentric Idea in Education338Learning to Talk of Race350The Black Underclass and Black Philosophers356Postmodernism and Utopia, an Unholy Alliance367Selected Bibliography383
