Indigenous Shona Philosophy

Pascah Mungwini is a professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology, at the University of South Africa. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Zimbabwe. Over the years, he has taught philosophy in a number of universities in the region including the University of Zimbabwe, Great Zimbabwe University, the National University of Lesotho and the University of Venda. His research interests are mainly in African philosophy, particularly the question of epistemic liberation and the place of the African intellectual heritage. He has published widely on a number of issues in African philosophy. Among his most recent publications are ‘Dialogue as the Negation of Hegemony: An African Perspective’, and ‘The Question of Re-centering Africa: Thoughts and Issues from the Global South’, which appear in the South African Journal of Philosophy.