Hountondji acknowledges Tempels’s humanity but insists it cannot change his critique.

Evidence

Hountondji draws our attention to the fact that Tempels was, indeed, “a man of flesh and blood” and “a field researcher” endowed with commendable patience, “a white militant whose political activism got him into trouble with the colonial administration,” and “a progressive Franciscan.” Somehow Hountondji maintains that this new information will not affect his earlier criticisms of Tempels. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 367