Question

In African Philosophy: Myth and Reality, Paulin Hountondji accused Alexis Kagame of falling into an ideological trap akin to Lucian Levy-Bruhl’s “primitive mind” by promoting this philosophy. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this school of philosophy, which Hountoundji coined pejoratively in discussing Kagame and Placide Tempels. It argues that Africans share a distinct and collective worldview which can be unearthed and philosophized.
ANSWER: ethnophilosophy
[10m] Hountondji rejected the particularist approach of ethnophilosophy for a universality approach advocated by a philosopher from this country, Anton Amo. A philosopher raised in this country wrote Cosmopolitanism and The Lies That Bind.
ANSWER: Ghana
[10e] Hountondji also criticized this thinker’s Philosophical Consciencism, which sought to ground philosophy in the environment and living conditions of African people. He served as the first President of Ghana.
ANSWER: Kwame Nkrumah
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