1. Do you think 'ethnophilosophy" is a pejorative term? 2. The theses of Alexis Kagame on the foundations of African philosophy,
and to some extent Mbiti's theory of the African concept of time, assume a
radical position on the theory of ordinary language. Explain what you think the
wwe ethnophilosophers are doing.
3. In what respects is Odera Oruka's philosophic Sagacity different from the
"Ogotemmeli paradigm" of an African philosopher?
4. What does Senghor mean by negritude? Was he wrong to advocate this
idea?
5. Would you consider Diop's scholarship to be in the best tradition of Afri-
can philosophy? Why?
6. Which criticisms of ethnophilosophy would you evaluate as the strongest?
7. Can ethnophilosophy be practiced in a way that makes it philosophy in
the strictest sense?