By Prof. 𝐊𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐡𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐡𝐧 𝐄. 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐲, Ph.D.
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Debates surrounding slavery, colonialism, and reparative justice often rest on an implicit moral hierarchy: that European violence over the...
𝐁𝐲 Prof. Kettehkumuehn Murray, Ph.D.
In traditional West African societies, time was not measured by mechanical clocks or numerical calendars. As historian Carl Patrick Burrowes...
By Prof. Kettehkumuehn E. Murray, Ph.D.
WHILE CONDUCTING RESEARCH FOR THE Liberia Philosophy Guide, I once again encountered the widely circulated praise—particularly online—celebrating the exquisite...
By Kettehkumuehn Murray, Ph.D.
In traditional West African societies, time was not measured by mechanical clocks or numerical calendars. As historian Carl Patrick Burrowes observes,...
By Prof. Kettehkumuehn E. Murray, Ph.D.
[Across cultures and centuries, the orphan has stood as a moral measure of society.
How a people treat the child...
By Kettehkumuehn E. Murray, Ph. D.
I first heard the gong sound nearly three decades ago while visiting with Counselor Francis Garlawolu on his Garkorleh...
By Kettehkumuehn E. Murray, Ph.D.
“He who brings kola, brings life;
He who partakes of kola, partakes of life.”
— Igbo Proverb
IN AFRICAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS, objects are...
By Kettehkumuehn E. Murray, Ph. D.
GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICAL PARADISE of West Africa, Liberia.
I advance a thesis that may spark debate, but it flows...
