Abstract

In the past, African philosophy did not really form part of the philosophical scene in South Africa. It had no place on the programmes of the South African Philosophical Society and no articles on it were published in the South African Journal of Philosophy. However, it became clear to Prof. Prinsloo and the members of his Department of Philosophy at the University of South Africa that this situation was untenable. The department accepted the task as a departmental research project of finding out about African philosophy. This ultimately led to the establishment of the Research Unit for African Philosophy. The essays in this book are in honour of Prof. E D Prinsloo, whose contribution to the development of the discipline possibly makes him the doyen of African Philosophy in South Africa.