In Memoriam H. Odera Oruka

The late Kenyan Prof. H. Odera Oruka (1944-1995) contributed significantly to the growth of contemporary African philosophy, and helped locate African philosophy within the global philosophical discourse. His work in areas such as normative and applied ethics, political philosophy, epistemology, and, most notably, philosophic sagacity, continues to play a pivotal role in the current discourse on African philosophy. He was also one of the founders of "Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya", which is currently an online, open access, bi-annual peer-reviewed publication found at http://ajol.info/index.php/tp/index. His untimely demise in December 1995 therefore robbed the worldwide philosophical fraternity of an illustrious scholar at the prime of his career.

We are pleased to announce a three-day Symposium in memory of Prof. Oruka to be held at the Goethe-Institut Auditorium, Nairobi, Kenya from Tuesday 19th to Thursday 21st November, 2013.

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