Philosophical Foundations of the African Humanities through Postcolonial Perspectives

Product Description
These essays by scholars in postcolonial studies demonstrate that the humanities' relevance lies, not in creating a "world culture" to address the world's problems, but in critical analyses of alterity, difference, and how the Other is perceived, defined and subdued.
About the Author
Helen Yitah is Associate Professor of English at the University of Ghana. She has published monographs, edited volumes and many articles on gender in African literature, children's literature, oral traditions and postcolonial studies.

Helen Lauer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dar es Salaam. She has published several anthologies on African humanities, and critical compilations concerning methodologies and foundations of the human sciences through African perspectives.