Tempels was a Belgian missionary who wrote the first celebrated book on African philosophy

Evidence

Bantu Philosophy is Placide Tempels’s (1906–1977) well-known and celebrated book on African philosophy. Tempels was a Belgian Franciscan Friar who worked as a missionary in the Congo (1933–1946; 1951–1962), now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). His seminal work, Bantu Philosophy, was first published in Flemish, but to make it available to a wider audience, it was published in French in 1945. Fourteen years later, in 1959, an English version of the book appeared on the scene. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 99

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes who Placide Tempels was and the publication history (Flemish, French 1945, English 1959), the essential orientation for the rest of the book.
• XREF: connects to: Tempels’s colonial-era book provoked African philosophy into existence — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 346; Tempels’s missionary context in King Leopold’s Congo shaped his philosophical position — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 448; Tempels helped initiate the debate over whether African philosophy exists — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 208 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Tempels’s colonial-era book provoked African philosophy into existence — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 346; Tempels’s missionary context in King Leopold’s Congo shaped his philosophical position — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 448; Tempels helped initiate the debate over whether African philosophy exists — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 208 (+4 more)