pls1502 MCQ
pls1502 MCQ
pls1502 MCQ
Part 1
One of the main points in Bewaji’s work, ethics and morality, in Yoruba
culture is:
- The basis of morality in Africa societies in human welfare and not a
yearning for reward from the divine being.
The origin term Africa within this module is said to have come from:
- The experience of climatic condition by those who “visited”.
The struggle for reason in Africa, the author argues others that
- Aristotle’s definition of the human person, seems to exclude
Africans, Australians and the Amerindians.
The origin of the term “Africa” within this module is said to have come
from
- Greek and roman experiences of Northern Africa and its climatic
conditions.
Which term does not best describe the Africanity of African philosophy,
following Osuagwa’s argument?
- Meridian-African
A key point of Ramose in his work,’ the struggle for reason in Africa is
that
- Africans are excluded from humanity.
Part 2
What is the name of the tut letter that contains information about your
assignment?
- Tut letter 101
In the study guide it is stated that the question, ‘can there be an African
philosophy?’ is an ontological, rather than an empirical question. This
implies that
- The questioner doubts if Africans have a rational capacity to do
philosophy.
In his essay, the struggle for reason in Africa, Ramose expresses among
others,
- The need for African’s to construct an authentic and truly African
discourse about Africa to break the silence imposed on them.
Ramose, in the same essay, equally criticises his fellow Africans for
- Reducing themselves into being passive as well as uncritical
assimilators, coupled with faithful implementation of knowledge
produced from outside Africa.
In “the struggle for reason in Africa”, Ramose is critical of colonisers for
- Claiming to be the sole procedure of all knowledge the only
holders of the truth.