Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues is Full Professor of Philosophy at the Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, China. He has published over 70 articles in leading journals in ethics, African, and comparative philosophy.

• 1. 1. Introduction2. 2. King Afonso I of Kongo: Slavery, Power and a Christian Revolution3. 3. Queen Njinga: Resistance Without Ideology4. 4. Lourenço da Silva Mendonça: Towards Universalism and Abolitionism5. 5. Kimpa Vita and Subversive Christianity: Challenging Colonialism from Within6. 6. Creole Anti-colonialist and Proto-Nationalist Voices in Angola7. 7. Mário Pinto de Andrade: Colonialism, African Nationalism and Liberation8. 8. Pepetela: Angolanness, African Personhood and Transformative War9. 9. Agostinho Neto: Revolution, Art and Liberation10. Angolan Political Thought & the Indefatigable Heartbeat of African Philosophy

Angolan Political Thought offers a rich, systematic interpretation of a tradition of African political thinking that has been unduly neglected in the English-speaking academia. Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues deftly combines historical narrative and philosophical analysis in a work that should be of interest to anyone working in the field of African political philosophy today.

Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues is Full Professor of Philosophy at the Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, China. He has published over 70 articles in leading journals in ethics, African, and comparative philosophy.

• 1. 1. Introduction2. 2. King Afonso I of Kongo: Slavery, Power and a Christian Revolution3. 3. Queen Njinga: Resistance Without Ideology4. 4. Lourenço da Silva Mendonça: Towards Universalism and Abolitionism5. 5. Kimpa Vita and Subversive Christianity: Challenging Colonialism from Within6. 6. Creole Anti-colonialist and Proto-Nationalist Voices in Angola7. 7. Mário Pinto de Andrade: Colonialism, African Nationalism and Liberation8. 8. Pepetela: Angolanness, African Personhood and Transformative War9. 9. Agostinho Neto: Revolution, Art and Liberation10. Angolan Political Thought & the Indefatigable Heartbeat of African Philosophy

Angolan Political Thought offers a rich, systematic interpretation of a tradition of African political thinking that has been unduly neglected in the English-speaking academia. Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues deftly combines historical narrative and philosophical analysis in a work that should be of interest to anyone working in the field of African political philosophy today.

Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues is Full Professor of Philosophy at the Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, China. He has published over 70 articles in leading journals in ethics, African, and comparative philosophy.

• 1. 1. Introduction2. 2. King Afonso I of Kongo: Slavery, Power and a Christian Revolution3. 3. Queen Njinga: Resistance Without Ideology4. 4. Lourenço da Silva Mendonça: Towards Universalism and Abolitionism5. 5. Kimpa Vita and Subversive Christianity: Challenging Colonialism from Within6. 6. Creole Anti-colonialist and Proto-Nationalist Voices in Angola7. 7. Mário Pinto de Andrade: Colonialism, African Nationalism and Liberation8. 8. Pepetela: Angolanness, African Personhood and Transformative War9. 9. Agostinho Neto: Revolution, Art and Liberation10. Angolan Political Thought & the Indefatigable Heartbeat of African Philosophy

Angolan Political Thought offers a rich, systematic interpretation of a tradition of African political thinking that has been unduly neglected in the English-speaking academia. Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues deftly combines historical narrative and philosophical analysis in a work that should be of interest to anyone working in the field of African political philosophy today.