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sallypsymath · 3 years ago

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Hey friends, I am currently an freshman in mathematic degree in college. And I wanted to open an studybrl so that’s why I was truly happy to create this one. It’s a new journey for me and I’m clearly so great to start it with you all.

1. my name is Salima and I’m 21 years old. ( on 5 march 2023 I will be 22 years old Ehehe )

2. I’m an Malian Gabonese and I live in Mali.

3. I am a 1nd-year university student in math. I’ve always find fascinating people who’s strive to know more about science. I’ve always loved science especially math but I’ve been so much bad at math my whole life. I thought that would stop me from understanding math. And loving it fully. But no. It’s does stop me in a way but than I realize I’m the only one who can stop me. Neither my math professor who got a bad opinion on whether I should do math because I was very bad at it. Or my grades not being that good . I’ve realize I can teach myself again math ( and that’s probably why I created this account. So I can help myself more on a environment I’ve choose to be in and I will feel more confident) . I also love psychology too and want to teach myself that as well.

4. I can understand and speak French . Also I can understand and speak Bambara however, I am struggling with it a little bit.

5. My favourite genre of music is French love song. ( I don’t know for sure if I can says it’s a genre but yes )

6. I love writing a lot. Im currently writing a book that I may put on wattpad for more appreciation. I would probably put the link here. So everyone can have access to it.

7. My favourite beverage is definitely tea 🍵. I love tea so much. It’s truly something that bring me peace and make my soul calmer.

8. I don't have a good career goal yet but I am thinking about being a architecture in the future. But I’m still thinking about it.

9. I prefer to work in group but sometimes I love also to work alone. It’s more of a balancing things.

10. I like sociology, music,dance and math.

11. My language goal is this : I want to learn Korean. Spanish, Arabic, And improve my English.

12. The language im currently trying to study : Spanish.

13. Im trying to work harder so that one day I’m being able to reach a country I love for studying. I’m thinking about (South Korea; Canada) .

Thank for reading my presentation. I’m definitely open to everyone who want to know more about me and also I will definitely love to know more about the studybrl community and you guys !

My ask is open!

Sending love to everyone !💕

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sallypsymath · 3 years ago

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AFRICAN & BLACK PHILOSOPHY: Getting Started

Hello everyone! As many of us who study philosophy in some form are likely aware, people of color, especially black philosophers, are radically underrepresented in the field (composing only 1.32% of all philosophers in the US). In order to combat such marginalization, and in attempt to help amplify black voices within the field of philosophy, I have complied a series of links & information here for learning more about African/black philosophy, especially within the US. Please feel free to add to this post if you feel that anything is missing, esp if ur a black person!

Overview:

According to Wikipedia.org: “African philosophy is the philosophical discourse produced by indigenous Africans and their descendants, including African Americans. African philosophers may be found in the various academic fields of philosophy, such as metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. One particular subject that many African philosophers have written about is that on the subject of freedom and what it means to be free or to experience wholeness.”

Articles to start with:

“What African Philosophy Can Teach You About the Good Life.”

“A truly African philosophy.”

“African Philosophy.”

“Descartes was wrong: ‘a person is a person through other persons.’”

“Does Western Philosophy Have Egyptian Roots?”

“What You Should Know About Contemporary African Philosophy.”

“Philosophy in Africa - A Case of Epistemic Injustice in the Academy.”

“The African Enlightenment.”

“The Radical Philosophy of Egypt.”

“The first God.”

“African Philosophy Is More Than You Think It Is.”

And some introductory texts:

Barry Hallen, A Short History of African Philosophy. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2009).

Samuel Oluoch Himbo, An Introduction to African Philosophy. Lanham et al.: Rowman and Littlefield (1998).

Dismas Masolo, African Philosophy in Search of Identity. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (1994).

Kwasi Wiredu, A Companion to African Philosophy. Malden, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing (2004). (PDF version linked here.)

Key essays:

“The Struggle for Reason in Africa” by Mogobe Ramose in The African Philosophy Reader eds. P.H. Coestzee & A.P.J. Roux

“Appeal,” David Walker

“What to the Slave is the 4th of July?”, Frederick Douglass

“Ain’t I a Woman?”, Sojourner Truth

“The Black Woman’s role in the Community of Slaves,” Angela Davis

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois (first chapter esp.)

“A Problem of Biography in African Thought” & “What Does It Mean to Be a Problem?” by Lewis Gordon in Existentia Africana

“Racism and Feminism,” by bell hooks in the PDF linked here

“Recognizing Racism in the Era of Neoliberalism,” Angela Davis

“Nonviolence and Racial Justice,” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The Ballot or the Bullet,” Malcolm X

“The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism,” Audre Lorde

“Whiteness as Property,” Cheryl Harris

Important contemporary black philosophers:

Cornel West (political philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, race, democracy, liberation theology)

Angela Davis (also a writer and social activist & just a general badass, really worth knowing about regardless of whether or not you have an interest in philosophy)

bell hooks (race, capitalism, sexuality & gender through a postmodern perspective)

Lewis Gordon (Africana philosophy, black existentialism, phenomenology)

Kwame Anthony Appiah (probabilistic semantics, political theory, moral theory, intellectual history, race and identity theory)

Patricia Hill Collins (sociology of knowledge, race, class, gender studies)

John H. McWhorter (linguistics)

George Yancy (Critical philosophy of race, critical whiteness studies, African philosophy, philosophy of the body)

Kwassi Wiredu (African philosophy)

Franz Fanon (20th century Marxism, psychoanalysis, colonialism)

Online podcasts, blogs, & videos:

Podcast on Africana philosophy (the website linked here also contains several useful links and resources for further reading)

Youtube series on African Philosophy

Award-winning blog run by a Nigerian-Finnish woman which “connects feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective.”