ABSTRACT
One of the central issues that confronts contemporary African philosophy is the problem of the historiography of African philosophy. Women have engaged in philosophy throughout the field's history and there were women philosophers since ancient times, but very strangely, almost no woman philosophers have entered the Western philosophical canon. For so long Western philosophy omitted the energy, creativity and potential of half of humanity, and many coming into the philosophical field have not been able to see how much influence women have had in the field. This chapter shows how this error of Western philosophy is repeating itself in the nascent narrative of African philosophy. The project of writing the history of African philosophy is ongoing and there are several identifiable efforts in that direction. Her-story is history written from a woman's perspective, emphasizing the role of women and taking serious cognizance of the creative work that women have done in the development of knowledge.
