SomaliDhaqanphilosophies and the power of African ancestral wisdom

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6030867
AutoresAhmed Ali Ilmi (0000-0002-6280-5117, University of Toronto, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen13
Número2
Páginas97-110
Fecha de publicación2015-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Identities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1472-5843 • E-ISSN: 1472-5851
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14725843.2015.1031053
OpenAlexW2125428990
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas22

Somali dhaqan cultural philosophies are indigenous African philosophies that encapsulate multiple bodies of living comprehensive knowledge. These philosophies are the founding pillars of Somali societies inasmuch as they are overarching principles governing Somali peoples. In their cosmological sense, dhaqan philosophies are the common threads that connect Somali peoples to their ancestral homelands in Somalia and to a communal way of life. This article looks at Somali dhaqan philosophies as a liberating tool from oppression grounded in the teachings of our ancestors. In it, I stress the importance of re-conceptualizing and operationalizing different sacred bodies of knowledge as a way of reconnecting with the Somali way of life. I will conclude this paper by offering Somali dhaqan philosophies that evoke our ancestral wisdom within the Diaspora as a means of negotiating the further

Biology · Diaspora · Indigenous · Liminality · Negotiation · Oppression · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Somali · African cultural and philosophical studies · African history and culture analysis · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Ecology