Kai Kresse is professor of anthropology at Free University, Berlin.Oriare Nyarwath is senior lecturer of philosophy at the University of Nairobi.

The "sage philosophy" method proposed by Henry Odera Oruka has been one of the most intriguing and important approaches to the study of philosophy in Africa. This volume looks back at Oruka's work, taking a balanced and critical assessment of his project and its potential, while also pushing the project forward, especially with new material on women sages, addressing an admitted gap in Oruka's original publications.

• ForewordD.A. MasoloPrefaceChaungo BarasaAcknowledgements IntroductionKai Kress and Oriare NyarwathChapter 1: Reviving the African Sage Philosophy Project: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Research MethodologyReginald M. J. OduorChapter 2: Exploring Indigenous Knowledge: An Exposition of Sage Philosophy and Oral Literature Projects in KenyaFrancis OwakahChapter 3: ‘Does this mean that there is philosophy in everything?’: A Comparative Reading of Henry Odera Oruka's First and Second Order and Antonio Gramsci’s First and Second Level PhilosophyBenedetta LanfranchiChapter 4: Wisdom from Women in KenyaGail M. PresbeyChapter 5: Oruka, Odinga, and Pragmatic SagacityBruce B. Janz Chapter 6: The Collective Sage: Maasai Philosophy and ResilienceDonna PidoChapter 7: Sagacity is Relational: No individual Owns Any StoryJared SacksChapter 8: On Being HumanJ.P. Odoch PidoAfterwordAnke Graness Appendix 1: The Life History of Mama Julia Auma Ouko: Tribute to an African

Kai Kresse is professor of anthropology at Free University, Berlin.Oriare Nyarwath is senior lecturer of philosophy at the University of Nairobi.

The "sage philosophy" method proposed by Henry Odera Oruka has been one of the most intriguing and important approaches to the study of philosophy in Africa. This volume looks back at Oruka's work, taking a balanced and critical assessment of his project and its potential, while also pushing the project forward, especially with new material on women sages, addressing an admitted gap in Oruka's original publications.

• ForewordD.A. MasoloPrefaceChaungo BarasaAcknowledgements IntroductionKai Kress and Oriare NyarwathChapter 1: Reviving the African Sage Philosophy Project: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Research MethodologyReginald M. J. OduorChapter 2: Exploring Indigenous Knowledge: An Exposition of Sage Philosophy and Oral Literature Projects in KenyaFrancis OwakahChapter 3: ‘Does this mean that there is philosophy in everything?’: A Comparative Reading of Henry Odera Oruka's First and Second Order and Antonio Gramsci’s First and Second Level PhilosophyBenedetta LanfranchiChapter 4: Wisdom from Women in KenyaGail M. PresbeyChapter 5: Oruka, Odinga, and Pragmatic SagacityBruce B. Janz Chapter 6: The Collective Sage: Maasai Philosophy and ResilienceDonna PidoChapter 7: Sagacity is Relational: No individual Owns Any StoryJared SacksChapter 8: On Being HumanJ.P. Odoch PidoAfterwordAnke Graness Appendix 1: The Life History of Mama Julia Auma Ouko: Tribute to an African

Kai Kresse is professor of anthropology at Free University, Berlin.Oriare Nyarwath is senior lecturer of philosophy at the University of Nairobi.

The "sage philosophy" method proposed by Henry Odera Oruka has been one of the most intriguing and important approaches to the study of philosophy in Africa. This volume looks back at Oruka's work, taking a balanced and critical assessment of his project and its potential, while also pushing the project forward, especially with new material on women sages, addressing an admitted gap in Oruka's original publications.

• ForewordD.A. MasoloPrefaceChaungo BarasaAcknowledgements IntroductionKai Kress and Oriare NyarwathChapter 1: Reviving the African Sage Philosophy Project: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Research MethodologyReginald M. J. OduorChapter 2: Exploring Indigenous Knowledge: An Exposition of Sage Philosophy and Oral Literature Projects in KenyaFrancis OwakahChapter 3: ‘Does this mean that there is philosophy in everything?’: A Comparative Reading of Henry Odera Oruka's First and Second Order and Antonio Gramsci’s First and Second Level PhilosophyBenedetta LanfranchiChapter 4: Wisdom from Women in KenyaGail M. PresbeyChapter 5: Oruka, Odinga, and Pragmatic SagacityBruce B. Janz Chapter 6: The Collective Sage: Maasai Philosophy and ResilienceDonna PidoChapter 7: Sagacity is Relational: No individual Owns Any StoryJared SacksChapter 8: On Being HumanJ.P. Odoch PidoAfterwordAnke Graness Appendix 1: The Life History of Mama Julia Auma Ouko: Tribute to an African