The term African philosophy is considered by Western philosophy either as a subgenre or as an improbability. The findings of Kenyan philosopher H. Odera Oruka provide substantial proof of a major nature that negates this attitude toward African philosophy. This essay demonstrates how Oruka’s Sage philosophy has the consistency and coherence to alter forever any notion of Western superiority in philosophy. Indeed, Oruka, much like Cheikh Anta Diop in the field of anthropology and history, transforms the way we think about African philosophy by taking it away from the Western schools’ perspective to show that oral and proverbial wisdom has a long and noble tradition in human reflection.
