This text analyses Négritude as an emancipation movement that emerged in the 1930s. Through Senghor and Césaire, it explores how black identity was invented by turning stigma into a cultural and political claim […].

Mamoussé Diagne questions the relevance of the debate on the existence of an African philosophy. He proposes a rigorous analysis of how cultures produce meaning in order to determine whether their modes of operation are philosophical […].

This article explores the right to philosophise in Africa and the legitimacy of thinking in terms of one’s own concepts. From the debate on ethnophilosophy to the challenge to the monopoly of Reason, it analyses the plurality of traditions of thought […].

This analysis explores modernity in Senegal through the figures of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba and Léopold Sédar Senghor. It examines how their visions paved the way for modernity, between European influences and the Islamic world […].

This article examines the origins of national anthems in Portuguese-speaking Africa and Asia. It analyses how these songs inculcate nationalist ideology and reflect, throughout history, the many facets of national identity […].

Based on Felwine Sarr’s teaching at Duke University, this content draws on the work of Samantha Potter to analyse the crucial role of music in the construction of identity and national cohesion in post-colonial Mali […].

Inspired by the pan-African hit “Indépendance ChaCha”, this article explores the euphoria and hope generated by Congo’s independence in 1960. Through the music of Grand Kalle, we hear the aspirations of a free society and the dashed hopes […].

Epistemological questions about the production of knowledge are fundamental to Africa’s emancipation. To build different futures, it is crucial to question the current paradigms that reproduce the social and political order […].

Why rethink the model of the humanities? The question might seem pointless, given that the humanities – and the humanism they embody – appear to be a force for progress and an open-minded worldview, inviting us to consider the conditions necessary for peaceful coexistence. It is, in fact, widely accepted that the humanities provide one […]