Philosophies fixating on African singularity cannot liberate Africans.

Evidence

Boulaga further argues that any philosophy that assumes and testifies to the singularity of the African situation cannot be praxis of liberation. Instead, he argues for the establishment of a rigorous African philosophical practice, free from rationality, but manifesting itself as another version of real violence or war against colonial imperialism. He argues further that any attempts to recover an African philosophy that lose sight of the alienation suffered by Africans during slavery and colonialism is reductionist in nature and, therefore, may only represent the objectives of the colonizer rather than of the oppressed. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 899

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies Boulaga’s critique of Ethno-philosophy as a reduced ‘traditionalized philosophy’ serving colonizer objectives.