Jean-Godefroy Bidima

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Jean-Godefroy Bidima (born 1958 in Mfoumassi) is a Cameroonian philosopher, currently living in the United States. Bidima is the former director of the program at the International College of Philosophy in Paris and as of 2015 is a professor in French and Italian and Yvonne Arnoult Chair in Francophone Studies at Tulane University in New Orleans. His fields of interest are cited as " Continental philosophy, literatures and arts of the Francophone world, African philosophies, juridical anthropology and medical ethics". [1] He is the author of numerous books and articles on African philosophy, including Histoire et traversée : philosophie, politique et l’imaginaire en Afrique, Philosophie negro-africaine (1995) and La palabre: une juridiction de la parole (1997). [2]

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  1. "Jean-Godefroy Bidima". Tulane University. Retrieved 3 May 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Bidima, Jean-Godefroy (1 January 1997). La palabre: une juridiction de la parole. Michalon. ISBN   978-2-84186-065-4.