ABSTRACT
Over and against Hountondji’s concerns, and in spite of his criticisms, a distinctive philosophical movement was taking shape, emanating from research in the mid-1970s by Hallen and Sodipo in Nigeria and the work in East Africa begun by H.Odera Oruka. This is known as “Sage Philosophy”—so named by Odera Oruka. As this developed Odera Oruka recognized extensions-or what he calls other “trends”—to what is strictly “Sage Philosophy.” One such extension, or “trend,” as noted by Odera Oruka, includes critical aspects of certain oral traditions as well as some artistic and literary works of Africans. This “trend” was first introduced in my essay “Narrative in African Philosophy” and will be discussed separately in later chapters.3
