1 Introduction.- Part I African Philosophy and History.- 2 African Philosophy in History, Context and Contemporary Times.- 3 The Journey of African Philosophy.- 4 History of Philosophy as a Problem: Our Case.- 5 The State of African Philosophy in Africa.- Part II Method in African Philosophy.- 6 Questions of Method and Substance and the Growth of African Philosophy.

- 7 Between the Ontology and Logic Criteria of African Philosophy.- 8 The "Demise" of Philosophical Universalism and the Rise of Conversational Thinking in Contemporary African Philosophy.- 9 Is, Ought and All: In Defense of a Method.- Part III Substance of African Philosophy.- 10 An Examination of Menkiti's Conception of Personhood and Gyekye's Critique.- 11 Justification of Moral Norms in African Philosophy.- 12 The Importance of an African Social Epistemology to Improve Public Health and Increase Life Expectancy in Africa.- 13 The Question of Rationality in Kwasi Wiredu's Consensual Democracy.

- 14 How toGround Animal Rights on African Values: A Constructive Approach.- Part IV African Philosophy and Its Future.- 15 Philosophy and the State in Africa.- 16 Jéan-Paul Sartre and the Agenda of an Africanist Philosophy of Liberation.- 17 The Shaping of the Future of African Philosophy.