Hegel’s Philosophy of History denied Africans any harmonious humanity

Evidence

The Negro, as already observed, exhibits the natural man in his completely wild and untamed state. We must lay aside all thought of reverence and morality – all that we call feeling – if we would rightly comprehend him; there is nothing harmonious with humanity to be found in this type of character. The copious and circumstantial accounts of missionaries completely confirm this, and Mohammedanism appears to be the only thing which in any way brings the Negroes with the range of culture. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 674

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth tracing how Tempels’ Bantu Philosophy explicitly or implicitly responds to this Hegelian denial.
• SHARE: The specific Hegel quote is worth sharing with anyone teaching colonial philosophy or African philosophy surveys.
• XREF: connects to: Hegelian thought framed Africa as outside history to justify colonial supremacy. — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 37; Hegel’s philosophy constructed Africa as historyless to justify European conquest — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 39