An African Origin of Philosophy: Myth or Reality?  by Dr. Molefi
Kete Asante  Published 7/1/2004  (First Published in City Press,
July, 2004)   Philosophy is the highest discipline. All other
disciplines are derived from philosophy. Philosophy is the
creation of the Greeks. The Greeks are white, Therefore, whites
are the creators of philosophy.  In the view of this dogma,
other people and cultures may contribute thoughts, like the
Chinese, Confucius, but thoughts are not philosophy; only the
Greeks can contribute philosophy. The African people may have
religion and myths, but not philosophy, according to this
reasoning. Thus, this notion privileges the Greeks as the
originators of philosophy, the highest of the sciences.  There
is a serious problem with this line of reasoning. The
information is false. As far as scholarship can reveal the
origin of the word philosophy is not in the Greek language,
although it comes into English from the Greek. According to
dictionaries on Greek etymology the origin of the wor