ABSTRACT
African philosophy is a relatively young tradition. Some historians of African philosophy have dated its emergence as a systematic discipline to the twentieth century. This chapter argues that African philosophers (males and females working together) can and should prevent such pattern from taking root in the African place by liberalizing the episteme of African intellectual space so that African women can participate in the enterprise of African philosophy and express their reflections. It questions the questions of African philosophy that have largely overlooked the female perspective. The chapter produces a philosophical necessity and justification for the viability of the female voice in the African philosophical place. It also argues that African women can philosophize or think for themselves and even for the society, for the singular reason of being humans and possessing the faculty of reason. The chapter recommends that it is the burden of African philosophy to correct the anomaly of its lopsided questions by re-asking its questions.
