Department of Religions and Philosophies & School of History, Religions and Philosophies

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Roles: Department of Religions and Philosophies Reader in African Philosophy
Department: Department of Religions and Philosophies & School of History, Religions and Philosophies
Qualifications: PhD (Ibadan)
Building: Russell Square: College Buildings
Office: 338
Email address: ei4@soas.ac.uk

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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).

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Email: ei4@soas.ac.uk

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School of History, Religions and Philosophies & College of Humanities

The non-textuality of knowledge: Orality and symbolism in African philosophy

The project challenges the exclusion in the dominant understanding of philosophical traditions and of philosophical knowledge as essentially textual, exploring the non-textuality of philosophical knowledge in African places with a specific focus on oral and symbolic forms of knowledge.

School of History, Religions and Philosophies & College of Humanities

Alternative explanations for disability: Inspiring patient-centered care among healthcare practitioners through the arts

The project is an interdisciplinary and public engagement project that brings together academics, healthcare workers and persons with disabilities in three different African countries to collectively and creatively understand and challenge deeply rooted philosophies and beliefs about disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa and their impact on access to healthcare for persons with disabilities.