Fabien Eboussi Boulaga

Cameroonian philosopher (1934-2018)

In the history of thought, Fabien Eboussi Boulaga is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists Fabien Eboussi Boulaga as Cameroonian philosopher (1934-2018).

Fabien Eboussi Boulaga was born at Bafia in 1934. His recorded nationality is Cameroon.

Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.

The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.

That the work was done from Cameroon matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.

Fabien Eboussi Boulaga died in 2018, aged 84. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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