ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to review main postulates structuring the paradigms of ethnophilosophy and negritude. In the American context at that time, the application of this concept was concerned with recognition and rehabilitation of ethnic or cultural peculiarities. It is worth noting that Senghor places negritude on a theoretical basis including notions such as emancipation and existence, for example, whose impact on political philosophy is noticeable. Adotevi distinguishes two forms of negritude: the original negritude and the truncate negritude. Adotevi defines the former as an emancipatory project focusing on the struggle for emancipation of black people. The chapter explores African theories of identity, focusing on the paradigms of ethnophilosophy and negritude. It concentrates on the negritude movement as developed by Senghor. The chapter examines the criticism of this movement formulated by Adotevi and Fanon. It outlines various implications of this movement including the emancipation of black people, the right to be different, and the determination to overthrow Western hegemony.
