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"Translation is never merely linguistic; it is also philosophical."

— Barry Hallen

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"Understanding another culture requires patience with its concepts before judging them."

"The task of African philosophy is not to imitate Western philosophy but to understand African systems of thought on their own terms."

"Philosophy begins by taking seriously the conceptual resources embedded in African languages."

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