Panel Organiser: Gail Presbey

On this panel several philosophers discuss aspects of the theme of re-scaling and re-shaping Africa. Anke  Graneß considers globalization (and its resultant wealth disparities) in the context of justice, drawing on the works of H. Odera Oruka, a Kenyan philosopher. Gail Presbey addresses questions of promoting “national values” after Kenya’s recent ethnic strife. Anthony Okoregbe considers questions of nationalism in the context of Nigeria, drawing on the idea of Obafemi Awolowo's linguistic nationalism. Kai Kresse looks to the Swahili context of East Africa to find intellectual practices and expressions of reflexive knowledge in daily life as well as in texts. And Bekele Gutema critiques African universities for their extraversion and their bias against local knowledge and culture.