Tempels believed Europeans, not Bantu, must systematize Bantu philosophy

Evidence

We do not claim, of course, that the Bantu are capable of formulating a philosophical treatise, complete with an adequate vocabulary. It is our job to proceed to such systematic development. It is we who will be able to tell them, in precise terms, what their inmost concept of being is. They will recognize themselves in our words and will acquiesce, saying, “You understand us: you now know us completely: you ‘know’ in the way we ‘know’”. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 727

Categorization

• XREF: Directly echoes the epistemic-contribution critique familiar from decolonial theory: Bantu are object, not subject, of knowledge.