Gender, African Philosophies, and Concepts

Musa W. Dube, the William Ragsdale Cannon Distinguished Professor of the New Testament, is a Humboldtian awardee (2011) and winner of the Gutenberg Teaching Award (2017) biblical scholar based at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, USA. Dube is also Professor Extraordinaire of the Institute of Gender Studies, UNISA.Telesia K. Musili is Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Nairobi.Sylvia Owusu-Ansah is Dean of the School of Theology at Perez University College, Pomades, Winneba, Ghana. She is also Head Pastor of Revival Temple, Perez Chapel Int., La, Accra, Ghana.

• List of ContributorsPrefaceChammah J. KaundaIntroduction: the philosophical and ethical ways of African womenTelesia K. MusiliPart I Gender, the living, the dead, and conceptual theories1 Ancestorhood, gender, and justice-loving earth communityTshenolo Jennifer Madigele2 Ngozi (the justice-seeking spirit) as a form of restorative justice among the Shona people of Zimbabwe: a critical analysis of Emmanuel Francis Ribeiro’s novel Muchadura (You shall confess), 1967Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga and Patience Yeukai Museruka3 Vavenda philosophy of mupo: incorporating aspects of aesthetics and RomanticismYvonne Winfildah Takawira-MatwayaPart II Gender, philosophy, and ethics of hospitality4 Ubuntu and gender: on building justice-loving communal spacesExcellent Chireshe5 In the akwaaba space: gender and religion in the welcome spaceRev. Sylvia Owusu-AnsahPart III Gender, ethics, and philosophies of resistance6 When the subaltern speaks: reading the Mmutle (Hare) wayMusa W. Dube7 Anowa: continuing our conversations for liberationAbena Kyere8 Takumbeng embodied arts of resistance in CameroonAlice Yahfeh-DeighPart IV Gender, sage spaces, and ways of knowing and being9 Eziko: storying space, gender, and knowledge constructionNobuntu Penxa-Matholeni and Musa W. Dube10 Women and shrines in African indigenous religion: a case study of the Shona in ZimbabweSilindiwe Zvingowanisei11 Imbusa as a sacred space and the role of banachimbusa as spiritual leadersLilian C. Siwila & Sylvia K. MukukaPart V Gender, ethics, and African political philosophy12 The Kgotla space: African political philosophy, gender, and community building in the public spaceAbel Tabalaka and Kenosi Molato13 Gender (in)justice in the political philosophy of Julius NyerereDogara Ishaya Manomi14 The Afrocentric-Womanist ParadigmSeyram B. Amenyedzi