The champion of Africa’s first Economic War, Philosopher, Leader of the Black Wall Street and Africa’s finest economic activist has unleashed 1,000 philosophical quotes and fantastic frames to ...

In the African understanding, priority is given to the duties which individuals owe to the collective, and their rights, whatever these may be, are seen as secondary to the exercise of their duties.

When renowned Ghanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu passed on in early 2022, Benin’s Paulin J. Hountondji was left alone to adopt the mantle of “Africa’s greatest living philosopher”. With one ...

Paulin Hountondji, a philosopher from Benin whose critique of colonial-era anthropology helped transform African intellectual life, died on Feb. 2 at his home in Cotonou, Benin’s largest city.