Black Philosophers Online

Selected articles by contemporary philosophers

Jacoby Adeshei Carter, "Alain LeRoy Locke"

Tina Fernandes Botts, "Legal Hermeneutics"

Kristie Dotson, "How is this Paper Philosophy?"

Delia Fara, "Possibility Relative to a Sortal"

Arnold Farr, "Herbert Marcuse"

Kathryn Gines, "Comparative and Competing Frameworks of Oppression in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex"

Lewis Gordon, "Is Philosophy Blue?"

Kwame Gyeke, "African Ethics" 

bell hooks, "The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators"

Brandon Hogan, "A Hegelian Argument for Restorative Criminal Justice"

Bill Lawson, "The Value of Environmental Justice"

Dismas Masolo, "The Making of a Tradition: African Philosophy in the New Millenium" 

Lee McBride, "Forays in Insurrectionist Ethics"

Alexus McLeod, "In the World of Persons: The Personhood Debate in the Analects and Zhuangzi"

Lionel McPherson, "Innocence and Responsibility in War"

Charles W. Mills, ""But What Are You Really?" The Metaphysics of Race"

Michele Moody-Adams, "Political Philosophy or Political Theory: A Distinction without a Difference?"

Jennifer Nash, "Re-Thinking Intersectionality"

Marina Oshana, "Autonomy and the Question of Authenticity"

Lucius Outlaw, "Africana Philosophy" 

Henry Odera Oruka, "Sagacity in African Philosophy"

John Pittman, "Double Consciousness"

Ryan Preston-Roedder, "Kant's Ethics and the Problem of Self-Deception"

Neil Roberts, "The Critique of Racial Liberalism: An Interview with Charles W. Mills"

Tommie Shelby, "Race and Ethnicity, Race and Social Justice: Rawlsian Considerations"

Georgette Sinkler, "Ockham and Ambiguity"

Darian Spearman, "The Philosophical Significance of Slave Narratives"

Kenneth Taylor, "The Syntax and Pragmatics of the Naming Relation"

Mariam Thalos, "Two Conceptions of Collectivity"

Cornel West, "The Dilemma of the Black Intellectual"

Ajume Wingo, "Akan Philosophy of the Person" 

Kwasi Wiredu, "Toward Decolonizing African Philosophy and Religion"

George Yancy, "I am a Dangerous Professor"


Philosophers (with links to their web pages)

Abimbola, Kola
Allen, Anita L. 
Alston, Kal
Anderson, Jackie

Anderson Jr., Luvell E. 

Anderson, Sybol Cook 

Appiah, Kwame Anthony 

Archer, Avery
Archampong, Charles Benjamin Kwabena (1940-2012)
Asike, Joseph

Asouzu, Innocent
Bailey, Julius
Baker, Thomas Nelson, Sr. (1860-1940)
Bamikole, Lawrence Ojo
Banner, William A. (1915-2013)

Beckles-Raymond, Gabriella
Bell, Derrick (1930-2011)
Bello, A.G.A. 
Bewaji, John Ayotunde Isola
Bidima, Jean-Godefroy
Bierria, Alisa

Birt, Robert E.
Boaheng, Paul
Bodunrin, Peter ( -1997)
Boni, Tanella

Botts, Tina 

Boxill, Bernard R.
Bright, Liam Kofi
Brown, Lee M.

Buffington, Lina
Burton, Roxanne
Butler, Broadus N. (1920-1996)
Carew, George

Carter, Jacoby A.
Cassell, Lisa R.
Cavers-Huff, Daseia (1961-2007)
CheeMooke, Robert A. (1939-2010)
Cherry, Myisha

Chirimuuta, Mazviita
Clardy, Justin
Clune-Taylor, Catherine
Collins, Patricia Hill
Coleman, Nathaniel Adam Tobias
Coleman, Winson R. (1905-1984)

Cook, Joyce Mitchell (1933-2014)
Cooper, Anna Julia (1858-1964)
Cormier, Harvey
Curry, Blanche Radford

Curry, Tommy J.
Daise, Benjamin
Darby, Derrick
Davidson, Maria del Guadalupe

Davis, Angela 
Davis, Illya
Davis, Nena
Dawson, Clanton
Decker, Johnathan P.
Dent, Gina
DeVries, Sandra
Diagne, Souleymane Bachir
Dotson, Kristie
Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868-1963)
Dunham, Jr., Albert Millard (1906-1949)
Eddins, Berkley (1926-2009)

Edwards, Tracy A.
Emagalit, Zeverin
Etieyibo, Edwin

Evans, Daw-Nay
Eze, Chielozona
Eze, Emmanuel Chukwudi (1963-2007)
Falaiye, Muyiwa
Fanon, Frantz (1925-1961)
Fara, Delia Graff (1969-2017)
Farr, Arnold

Ferguson, Stephen

Fields, Keota D.
Foe, Nkolo
Fontaine, William (1909-1968) 
Ford, Anton
Franklin, Todd
Frankowski, Alfred
Fryer, Daniel

Garcia, Jorge
Garza, Mara
Gates, Henry Louis

Gbadegesin, Segun 

Gbotokuma, Zekeh

Gines, Kathryn
Givhan, Anthony
Golden, Timothy Joseph
Golightly, Cornelius L. (1917-1976)
Gonzalez de Allen, Gertrude James

Goodin, Patrick
Gooding-Williams, Robert

Gordon, Lewis R.

Green, J. Everet
Greene, Nathifa
Greener, Richard T. (1844-1922)
Gutema, Bekele
Gyeke, Kwame
Haile, James
Hall, Barbara
Hamilton, Adam

Hamilton, Eboni T.
Hardimon, Michael O.
Harding, Oswald
Harloe, Katherine

Harp, Randall 
Harris, Kimberly
Harris, Luke C.

Havis, Devonya

Harris, Leonard
Haynes, Patrice
Haywood, Tamara
Headley, Clevis
Henry, Paget
Hill, Charles Leander (1906-1956)
Hill, Jason
Hill, Renee
Hogan, Brandon
Holmes, Eugene C. (1905-1980)

Hood, Pamela M.
hooks, bell
Hountondji, Paulin
Ikuenobe, Polycarp A.
Imbo, Samuel Oluoch
Irele, Dipo
Jackson, Myron Moses
Jaima, Amir

James, V. Denise

James, Joy
Jean-Marie, Vivaldi
Jeffers, Chike
Johnson, Charles R.
Johnson, Clarence Sholé
Johnston, Percy (1930-1993)
Jones, Gilbert Haven (1881-1966)
Jones, Janine
Jones, Jeffrey

Judy, Ronald A.T.
Kagabo, Liboire
Kalumba, Kibujjo M.
Kaphagawani, Didier Njirayamanda
Kebede, Messay
Kelbessa Workineh
Kelsey, George (1910-1996)
King, Preston T.
King, Rodmon

Kirkland, Frank
Kiros, Teodros

Kwame, Safro
Lamola, John

Lawson, Bill
Leboeuf, Céline
Lebron, Christopher
Locke, Alain LeRoy (1885-1954)

Lott, Tommy L.
Maglo, Koffi
Maina, Wilson
Makinde, Moses Akin
Marcano, Donna-Dale
Masolo, Dismas
Mason, Qrescent
Matthew, Dale

Mazrui, Ali A. (1933-2014)
Mbiti, John S.
McAllister, Winston Kermit (1920-1976)
McBride, Lee 

McClendon, John H.

McGary Jr., Howard

McClean, David (faculty profile), (personal web page)
McKenzie, Earl
McKinney, Richard (1906-2005)
McLaughlin, Wayman Bernard (1927-2003)
McLeod, Alexus
McPherson, Lionel K.
Menkiti, Ifeanyi A.

Mensah, Shaeeda

Melton, Desiree
Migan, Darla

Miles, Kevin

Mills, Charles W.
Mills, Kenneth (1931-1983)
Miranda, Dana

Moody-Adams, Michele M.
Moore, Darrell
More, Mabogo P.
Morgan, Marcyliena

Mosley, Albert
Mubirumusoke, Mukasa

Mudimbe, Valentin Y.
Mungwini, Pascah
Murungi, John
Nash, Jennifer C.
Neal, Anthony
Ngosso, Thierry
Nlandu, Tamba
Nwaneri, Ndidi
Nya, Nathalie
Nyasani, Joseph (1936-2016)
Nzegwu, Nkiru
Ocaya, Victor
Ochieng, Omedi
Ochieng'-Odhiambo, Frederick
Oguejiofor, J. Obi
Ogungbure, Adebayo Anthony
Oke, Ronke
Okeja, Uchenna
Okolo, Chukwudum
Okonda, Benoît Okolo

Ojelade, Joel
Oladipo, Olusegun (1957-2009)
O'Neal, Brittany
Oniang'o, Clement
Oruka, Henry Odera (1944-1995)
Osei, Joseph
Osei-Frimpong, Irami

Oshana, Marina

Outlaw Jr., Lucius T.
Oyewumi, Oyeronke
Paris, William
Paul, Elliot

Perina, Mickaella L.

Piper, Adrian
Pittman, John P.
Pollock, Darien
Preston-Roedder, Ryan
Ramose, Mogobe
Ray, Keisha
Richardson, Kevin
Ricks, Vance
Roberts, Neil
Roberts, Rodney C.
Robinson, Cavin

Rogers, Melvin

Russell, Camisha
Savage, Reginald
Schroer, Jeanine Weekes
Scott, Damion

Scott, Jacqueline
Scriven, Darryl
Sealey, Kris

Serequeberhan, Tsenay
Sharpley-Whiting, Tracy Denean

Shelby, Tommie
Shelton, LaVerne

Shorter, Jamelia

Simpson, Anika
Simpson, Celena
Simpson, Lorenzo
Sinkler, Georgette
Smaw, Eric
Smith, Subrena
Sodipo, John Olubi (1935-1999)
Souffrant, Eddy
Spearman, Darian
Spencer, Ayanna

Spencer, Quayshawn
Stewart, Lindsey
Stone, Brad Elliott
Sundstrom, Ronald
Táíwò, Olúfémi
Tangwa, Godfrey B.

Taylor, Kenneth Allen 

Taylor, Paul
Teffo, Lesiba Joseph (Joe)
Thalos, Mariam
Terry, Brandon M.
Thiam, Cheikh

Thomas, Laurence
Thomas, Michael

Thompson, Stephen L.
Tolliver, Joseph
Torrey, John
Tucker, Travis

Tunstall, Dwayne
Wafula, Muyila Jackson
Wamala, Edward
Washington, Johnny

Watson, Charles H.
Williams, Samuel W. (1912-1970)
Valentine, Desiree
Vanterpool, Rudolph V.

Vest, Jennifer Lisa
Wade, Maurice
Wambui, Betty
Washington, Natalia
Weaver, Christopher

West, Cornel
Wiggins, Forrest Oran (1907-1982)
Williams, Al-Yasha
Wills, Vanessa
Wilson, Max (1924-1988)
Wilson, Yolonda
Wingo, Ajume

Wiredu, Kwasi
Wonderly, Monique
Woodson, Andrew

Yancy, George D.

Zack, Naomi
Zimeta, Mahlet


Links to professional societies

Alain Locke Society

Caribbean Philosophical Association

Collegium of Black Women Philosophers

International Society for African Philosophy and Studies

Nigeria Philosophical Association

Society for the Study of Africana Philosophy

The Philosophical Society of Southern Africa