Life, not abstract Being, grounds African philosophical first principles.

Evidence

Life as a living phenomenon itself is to be considered the first principle and also as an expression of the divine creativity. In fact, it is impossible to conceive “Being” without life, and much less so to think without existing in some way or another. The essence of life is, therefore, the foundation of African thinking, that is, of African Vitalogy. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 244

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: Inverts the Western primacy of Being over life — identity of thought, being, and life is a dense foundational claim worth sitting with.