Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHAP 36 - Sons of Africa - Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano
Episode 73
Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano advance the goals of the abolitionist movement through a groundbreaking political treatise and an influent…
6 years, 3 months ago
HAP 35 - Letters from the Heart - Ignatius Sancho and Benjamin Banneker
Episode 72
Ignatius Sancho and Benjamin Banneker make their mark on the history of Africana thought through letters that reflect on the power of sentiment.
6 years, 3 months ago
HAP 34 - New England Patriot - Lemuel Haynes
Episode 71
Preacher and Revolutionary War soldier Lemuel Haynes argues that the principles of the American Revolution demand the abolition of slavery.
6 years, 4 months ago
HAP 33 - Young, Gifted, and Black - Phillis Wheatley
Episode 70
Phillis Wheatley astonishes colonial Americans with her exquisite and precocious poetry and reflects on the liberating power of the imagination.
6 years, 5 months ago
HAP 32 - Talking Book - Early Africana Writing in English
Episode 69
18th century black authors touch on philosophical themes in autobiographical narratives, poetry, and other literary genres.
6 years, 6 months ago
HAP 31 - Justin Smith on Amo and Race in Early Modern Philosophy
Episode 68
Justin E.H. Smith joins us to discuss Anton Wilhelm Amo against the background of ideas about race in early modern philosophy, including Leibniz.
6 years, 6 months ago
HAP 30 - Dualist Personality - Anton Wilhelm Amo
Episode 67
Anton Wilhelm Amo, brought to Germany from his native Ghana, defends a rigorous dualism of mind and body. Was this philosophy connected to his Africa…
6 years, 7 months ago
HAP 29 - Out of Africa - Slavery and the Diaspora
Episode 66
An introduction to Africana philosophical thought as it emerged from the modern experience of slavery and colonization by Europeans.
6 years, 7 months ago
HAP 28 - Chike Jeffers on Precolonial African Philosophy
Episode 65
Co-host Chike Jeffers and Peter chat about the themes and questions raised by the podcast so far.
6 years, 8 months ago
HAP 27 - Beyond the Reaction - The Continuing Relevance of Precolonial Traditions
Episode 64
As the twentieth century draws to a close, the critique of ethnophilosophy gives way to approaches that continue to privilege the study of precolonia…
6 years, 8 months ago