Culture embeds the riddle philosophy aims to explicate, including through art.

Evidence

By adopting a flexible conceptualisation, Africa loses nothing but is, on the contrary, able to reclaim part of the rich oral heritage which it can explore when building its own philosophical tradition. We should never forget that the riddle of life and existence which philosophy aims to explicate is embedded in culture and expresses itself in many ways, including art and religion. And these too deserve the philosopher’s attention. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 390

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces Soyinka’s ‘iconic tradition’ concept: a culture’s aesthetic consciousness as part of its narrative consciousness.