African philosophy : myth and reality createdPaulin J Hountondji; translated by Henri Evans with the collaboration of Jonathan Rée ; introduction by Abiola Irele

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Arguments: An alienated literature -- History of a myth -- African philosophy, myth and reality -- Philosophy and its revolutions -- pt. 2. Analyses: An african philosopher in Germany in the eighteenth century: Anton Wilhelm Amo -- The end of 'Nkrumaism' and the (re)birth of Nkrumah -- The idea of philosophy in Nkrumah's Consciencism -- True and false pluralism

Attacks a myth popularized by ethno-philosophers such as Placide Tempels and Alexis Kagame that there is an indigenous, collective African philosophy separate and distinct from the Western philosophical tradition.