ANTHOLOGY OF AUTHENTIC
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY:
A RECONSTRUCTIONIST VIEW
Edited by
Marie Pauline Eboh
Maraizu Elechi
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, Anthology of Authentic African Philosophy: A Reconstructionist View
ANTHOLOGY OF AUTHENTIC AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY:
A RECONSTRUCTIONIST VIEW
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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
Marie Pauline Eboh, PhD, FPAN, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and
the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Rivers State University, Port
Harcourt, Nigeria.
Jim I. Unah, PhD, FNPA, FNAL, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy,
University of Lagos, and the President of Philosophers Association of Nigeria.
Prof. T.V. Ogan, PhD, is a Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy,
University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Anselm Jimoh, PhD, is a Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy,
SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Major Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Jonathan O. Chimakonam PhD, csp. is a Professor of Philosophy in the
Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and The
Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP), University of Calabar, Nigeria.
Edward Uzoma Ezedike, PhD, is a Professor of Philosophy in the Department
of Philosophy, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Evaristus Egwuatu Ekweke, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Philosophy,
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Nasarawa State University,
Keffi, Nigeria.
Ephraim-Stephen Essien, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Ihejirika, Cardinal I.C., PhD, is an Associate Professor of Philosophy,
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port
Harcourt, Nigeria.
Maraizu Elechi, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer and Former Head of Department of
Philosophy, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Stephen L. W. Nyeenenwa, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer, Department of
Philosophy, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Dinebari Vareba, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Rivers
State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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