Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy

Africa in a Polycentric World: The African Youth and Civil Society
Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy

Organized by Centre of Global Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Prague, 17-18 June 2019

Monday, 17th June

09.00–09.30
Registration and Welcome

09.30–10.00
Opening Addresses
Nicol Adamcová, Director of Department of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Michal Pullmann, Dean of Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague; Representatives of Centre of Global Studies (Prague) and SOAS (London)

10:00–11:00
Keynote Lecture
A frame work for intergeneration knowledge exchange network and the role of IT
Berhanu Beyene, African Institute of Governance and Development, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Addis Ababa
Chair: Marek Hrubec

11.00–11.15
Coffee break

11.15–12.45
Panel 1 : Africa and global institutional patterns
Chair: Stephanie Rudwick

The political self in traditional political power of Guinea Bissau. An ontological challenge to cosmopolitanism
Claudia Favarato, Centro de Estudios Africanos, University of Lisbon

Beyond Afrogenism, what next?
Isaiah A. Negedu, College of Humanities, University of Kwazulu-Natal

From communities to the world parliament: Africa’s relations to other macro-regions of the world
Marek Hrubec, Centre of Global Studies, IP, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

12:45–14.15
Lunch

14.15–15.15
Kenynote Lecture
Understanding the philosophy of Africa in a cosmopolitan and polycentric world through language
Mary Stella Okolo, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
Chair: Alena Rettova

15.15–15.30
Coffee break

15.30–17.00
Panel 2 : African philosophy, creative writing and languages
Chair: Hana Horakova

Philosophy and genre. Creating a texts basis for African philosophy
Alena Rettova, SOAS, University of London

Gender in African urban youth languages : the case of isitsotsi
Mthuli Buthelezi and Stephanie Rudwick, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The gendered realism of Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes : A love Story
Stuti Pachisia, SOAS, University of London

17.00–17.15
Coffee Break

17.15–18.45
Pannel 3 : African actors and today’s challenges
Chair: Kole Odutola

The Challenges of Africa in the 21st century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, and their intersectionality
Alemayehu Kumsa, Škoda Auto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

The political economy of transnational migration: local and global actors in the region of Eastern Africa
Zuzana Uhde, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

The Youth and the clans – the Somali society and al-Shabaab
Viktor Marsai, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary

18.45
Refreshment

Tuesday, 18th June

09.30–10.00
Welcome

10.00–11.00
Keynote Lecture
Eurocentrism, Violence and Liberation Philosophy : A trans-modern Cosmopolitanism
Binyam Mekonnen, Department of Philosophy, Addis Ababa University
Chair: Albert Kasanda

11.00–11.15
Coffee break

11.15–12.45
Panel 4 : Higher Education, Decolonization and Digitalization
Chair: Claudia Favaroti

Can digitalization be a vehicle for decolonial education?
Irina Turner, Bayreuth University, Germany

Higher education and decolonization: Developing African approaches
Linda Scott, Vaal University of Technology, Gauteng, South Africa

A wave of digital Anglophone African short stories
Violetta Jojo Verge, University of Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

12.45–14.15
Lunch

14.15–15.15
Panel 5 : African civil society and Creativing writing
Chair: Jiri Krejcik

Africa and its civil society: Reflections on people, profit and politics
Kole Odutola, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Ken Saro-Wiwa’s creative writing and commitment
Vladimir Klima, Czech Association of African Studies, Prague

15.15–15.30
Coffee Break

15.30–16.30
Panel 6: African youth and politics
Chair: Alemayehu Kumsa

Ethiopia: The road to democratic transition
Takele Bekele Baya, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary

African youth and peace searching. Case study : The Lucha platform (DRC)
Albert Kasanda, Centre of Global Studies, IP, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

16.30–
Conclusion and Refreshment