History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

How the controversial slogan “black power,” used by activists like Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown, relates to ideas of militancy, separatism, and the power of language.

The underestimated radicalism of Lorraine Hansberry, author of the famous play "A Raisin in the Sun".

Lewis Gordon, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and expert on Frantz Fanon, delves into the profound themes of Fanon’s writings. They discuss Negritude, exploring how it serves as a framework for Black identity amidst colonial oppression. The conversation navigates Fanon’s complex views on violence, addressing its paradoxical necessity for resistance. Gordon also highlights Fanon’s significant impact on modern movements, urging a deeper understanding of identity, agency, and the transformative vision of decolonization in today’s sociopolitical landscape.

Fanon’s incendiary final work explores the violent process of decolonization.

Frantz Fanon combines existentialist philosophy and psychiatry to diagnose the condition of the colonialized target of racism.

The first leader of independent Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, writes against neocolonialism and in favor of socialism and Pan-Africanism.

Two Nigerian activists lead the struggle for independence, and clash over the competing values of national unity and ethnic diversity.

The Cuban activist and author Juan Rene Betancourt urges racial solidarity and reckons with the revolution under Castro and the island’s turn towards Communism.

After 1963, the views of Malcolm X and MLK came closer together, on topics including internationalism, political engagement, and economics.

Chike joins Peter to look back at our coverage of Africana philosophy in the first half of the 20th century.