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"African philosophy begins with the concrete historical experience of African peoples."

— Tsenay Serequeberhan

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"Freedom is not given; it is realized through historical struggle."

"To understand Africa is to confront the history that has shaped its present."

"Philosophy is meaningful only when it responds to the lived realities of human beings."

"Colonialism did not simply occupy African lands; it sought to occupy African consciousness."

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Every morning
I shall concern myself anew about the boundary
Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No
And pressing forward honor reality.

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In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.

John C. Lilly The Human Biocomputer (1974)

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