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Interpreting and Re-interpreting African Philosophy and Cultural Beliefs through Feminist Lens in the Works of Helen Labeodan
Gbadamosi, Oluwatoyin Adebola (2023): Interpreting and Re-interpreting African Philosophy and Cultural Beliefs through Feminist Lens in the Works of Helen Labeodan, in: Seyram Amenyedzi, Yosi Apollos Maton, und Marceline L. Yele (Hrsg.), SANKOFA : Liberation Theologies of West African Women (Circle Jubilee Volume 1), Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, S. 123–137, doi: 10.20378/irb-93213.
Title of the compilation:
SANKOFA : Liberation Theologies of West African Women (Circle Jubilee Volume 1)
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Year of publication:
2023
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978-3-86309-963-3
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English
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African worldviews have been understood and misunderstood within two popular contexts that were produced by neo-colonialism and the praxis of the people. First, the Western context, thereby leading to a hasty conclusion that Africans do not have a philosophy of religion and wrong juxtaposing of the African worldviews within the Western ones and vice versa which result to erroneous analyses and inadequate submissions. Second, the context of patriarchal narratives and mindsets, whereby practices, beliefs and views leave the feminine folk at a disadvantage. It is within these two contexts that Helen Labeodan situates her philosophical propositions and theology whereby her works interpret and re-interpret African Philosophy, especially metaphysics and cultural beliefs from a feminist perspective. This study seeks to analyse and investigate the uniqueness of her works as an African woman and philosopher who carries the burden of bequeathing a liberating theology. To this view, this study is poised to answering the following research questions: What were the cultural and religious contexts that motivated her works? What were the sources of her findings which led to her philosophical propositions? How did her philosophical propositions address patriarchy and wrong interpretations of African Philosophy? What could be identified as the purpose of her theology? These and other similar questions will be answered with the view of unfolding a liberating theology of a West African Feminist philosopher, Helen Labeodan.
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Labeodan, Helen A.
Subsaharisches Afrika
Philosophie
Feminismus
Kultur
Feministische Theologie
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Helen Labeodan
Feminist Philosophy
African Women
Metaphysics
Gender
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Contribution to an Articlecollection
Activation date:
February 5, 2024
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