Dr Elvis Imafidon is a Lecturer in African Philosophy in the Department of Religions and Philosophies and Director of the Centre for Global and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS University of London.
He is also a Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and the Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg and a 2017 Fellow of the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Study. His areas of research include African Philosophy, the philosophy of difference, the philosophy of corporeality, the philosophy of healthcare, ethics, and ontology, primarily from African philosophical perspectives.
He is the author and editor of several books including African Philosophy and the Otherness of Albinism: White Skin, Black Race (Routledge 2019), Handbook of African Philosophy of Difference (Springer 2020) and Handbook of African Philosophy (Springer 2023).
Publications
African Philosophy and the Otherness of Albinism: White Skin, Black Race
Shifting Wrongs to Rights: Lessons in Human Rights from the Situation of Mothers Impacted by Albinism in Africa
Ibhawoh, Bonny, Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, Ero, Ikponwosa, Mgijima-Konopi, Innocentia, Beaman, Lori, Senkoro, Perpetua, Astle, Barbara, Strobell, Emma and Imafidon, Elvis, 2022, Journal of Human Rights Practice (14), 3, pp 838-858
Imafidon, Elvis (2023). In: Ikhane, Peter, (eds.) and Ukpokolo, Isaac, (eds.), African Epistemology: Essays on Being and Knowledge. London: Routledge, pp 48-59
Introduction: Changing Narratives of Albinism in Africa
Imafidon, Elvis and Baker, Charlotte (2022). In: Imafidon, Elvis, (eds.) and Baker, Charlotte, (eds.), Cultural Representations of Albinism in Africa: Narratives of Change. Oxford: Peter Lang, pp 1-14
Challenging Traditional Understandings: Embedding Accurate Knowledge of Albinism in African Cultures
Imafidon, Elvis (2022). In: Baker, Charlotte, (eds.) and Imafidon, Elvis, (eds.), Cultural Representations of Albinism in Africa: Narratives of Change. Oxford: Peter Lang, pp 15-35
Imafidon, Elvis (2022). In: Grischow, Jeff, (eds.) and Mfoafo-M'Carthy, Magnus, (eds.), Disability Rights and Inclusiveness in Africa. Suffolk: James Currey, pp 231-246
African Ethno-Ethics and Bioethical Principlism: Implication for the Othered Patient
Imafidon, Elvis (2022). In: Agada, Ada, (ed.), Ethnophilosophy and the Search for the Wellspring of African Philosophy. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, pp 175-187
Ageing, Ageism, Cultural Representations of the Elderly and the Duty to Care in African Traditions
Imafidon, Elvis, Iyare, Austin E. and Abudu, Kenneth U. (2022). In: Chimakonam, Jonathan O., (eds.), Eiteyibo, Edwin, (eds.) and Odimegwu, Ike, (eds.), Essays on Contemporary Issues in African Philosophy. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, pp 281-300
Dealing with the Trauma of a Loss: Interrogating the Feminine Experience of Coping with Spouse’s Death in African Traditions
Imafidon, Elvis (2018). In: Chimakonam, Jonathan O., (eds.) and de Toit, Louise, (eds.), African Philosophy and the Epistemic Marginalization of Women. London: Routledge, pp 89-106
