Abstract

This paper aims to discuss possibilities of decolonization of logics of knowledge based on the proposal of the Yoruba sociologist and epistemologist Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, seeking to position her approach to osunism, the Ìyá institution and the concept of Matripotency, as possibilities of thinking ways to work about African philosophies that do not result in a reproduction of a Westocentric logic in the study and teaching of these philosophies. Based on this goal, the work will define what it understands as logics of knowledge, and then discuss how the Yoruba author understands what decolonizing means. Then we will present how, based on Oyěwùmí's proposal of osunism, it’s possible to advocate an osunist thought and think of the categories of Ìyáand Matripotency as acquiring meaning through this way of thinking. This text is an invitation to think about non-excluding possibilities for reflection so that we do not erase African logics of knowledge, even when we are willing, even if willingly, to think about African philosophies.