Adding philosophical depth to anything and everything
Frantz Fanon on Being Black “I am black; I am in total fusion with the world, in sympathetic affinity with the earth, losing my id in the heart of the cosmos — and the white man, however intelligent he may be, is incapable of understanding Louis Armstrong or songs from […]
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6 JUNE 2019 Hosted by: Aribiah Attoe & the Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Overview: The question of life’s meaning continues to intrigue and fascinate philosophers the world over. Indeed, Albert Camus in his book the Myth of Sisyphus stated that the question which trumps all other […]
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“Thinking the Contemporary”, with Mogobe Ramose Mogobe Ramose Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria. He is a Philosopher and a leading figure introducing and debating African philosophy and the Ethics of Ubuntu. African philosophy is largely underexplored and widely unappreciated by the rest of […]
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It was a not summer night so I concentrated on music from the tropics. Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder – Gomni Songhoy Blues – Petit Metier The Bhundu Boys – Hatisitose Habib Koité & Eric Bibb – Foro Bana Mamani Keita – Dougale William Onyeabor – Love Is Blind […]
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19:07:36 – Angel Tears – Midbar Sinai 19:14:36 – Jef Stott – White Tara (Anusara Mix) 19:21:11 – Spy From Cairo – All The Beautiful Machines 19:28:33 – Ott – From Trunch to Stormness 19:39:59 – Beats Antique – Revival 19:44:22 – The Warheads – Look for Her in the […]
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Traveling with Others Someone else’s legs are no good to you when you are traveling. – Nigerian Proverb
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Winning, Losing, Learning. “You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win.” This probably isn’t an African proverb (as if “African” is an appropriate catch-all word for dozens of different cultures). This is age old wisdom understood by many cultures, perhaps every one. I like […]
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Knowledge is like a garden Knowledge garden Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot by harvested. – African proverb
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Focusing on the Wrong Problem “Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.” How true is this? How often do we end up focusing on the wrong problem. Or maybe not the wrong problem but focusing so much on one we miss another. Focus and concentration is good […]
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I am not at all religious, but I respect religion and religious people. Honestly, I find religion fascinating–what people believe and how their beliefs motivate their actions. That is part of what separates humans from animals. Humans are belief-motivated beings. Religious belief is one type of belief and like all […]
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