AKINKANJU! Professor Sophie Oluwole (1935-2018): Nigeria's First Female Philosophy PhD Who Through Yoruba Ifa Reclaimed African Philosophy Professor Sophie Bosede Oluwole spent her career proving something many once doubted — that philosophy did not arrive in Africa from elsewhere, but had lived for centuries in Yoruba thought. From a childhood shaped by proverbs and oral wisdom to becoming Nigeria’s first female PhD in philosophy, she kept returning to the same question: what happened to the original thinkers? Her work on Ifa, her comparison of Orunmila and Socrates, and her defense of indigenous languages reshaped how African philosophy is studied today. Her reminder still feels timely: “Study it before you judge it.” Read the full story of Professor Sophie Oluwole and her lifelong effort to reclaim Africa’s intellectual heritage: dawncommission.org/professor-soph…

AKINKANJU! Professor Sophie Oluwole (1935-2018): Nigeria's First Female Philosophy PhD Who Through Yoruba Ifa Reclaimed African Philosophy Professor Sophie Bosede Oluwole spent her career proving something many once doubted — that philosophy did not arrive in Africa from elsewhere, but had lived for centuries in Yoruba thought. From a childhood shaped by proverbs and oral wisdom to becoming Nigeria’s first female PhD in philosophy, she kept returning to the same question: what happened to the original thinkers? Her work on Ifa, her comparison of Orunmila and Socrates, and her defense of indigenous languages reshaped how African philosophy is studied today. Her reminder still feels timely: “Study it before you judge it.” Read the full story of Professor Sophie Oluwole and her lifelong effort to reclaim Africa’s intellectual heritage: dawncommission.org/professor-soph…