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.

Peter Adamson, LMU München

Kresse and Nyarwath's book is a groundbreaking volume. It constitutes a true revival of Henry Odera Oruka's Sage Philosophy, itself one of the most original and innovative approaches to African Philosophy. Volumes drawing on this trend in African Philosophy are exceedingly rare. Assembling contributions from a number of star academics in African Philosophy, this edited volume transforms Sage Philosophy into a viable project for the 21st century.

Alena Rettová, University of Bayreuth

This is a rich, layered, and vivid book that re-centres the largely East African-spawned formation known as Sage Philosophy within a self-reflexive authorial voice. Indeed it is the revealing authorial voice that might be the essential ingredient to this significant project as it simultaneously illuminates, critiques and amplifies African philosophy as a discipline deserving of global attention

Sanya Osha, author of 'Postethnophilosophy'

From the brilliant foreword by Dismas Masolo to the final reprints of interviews by Henry Odera Oruka the excellent contributions gathered in this volume proclaim that the site of Sage philosophy is more alive and fecund than ever.

Soulemayne Bachir Diagne, director of the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University