The DR. ỌBÁDÉLÉ KAMBON thread

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Dr. Ọbádélé Kambon completed his PhD in Linguistics at the University of Ghana in 2012 winning the Vice Chancellor's award for Best PhD in the Humanities. He is currently a Research Fellow in the Language, Literature and Drama section of the Institute of African Studies at UG. His research interests include Nominalization of Serial Verbs, Historical Linguistics, Second Language Migration, African Language Teaching and Pedagogy, and Indigenous African Combat and Militaristic Traditions.

Kambon criticizing use of European languages in Ghana:


Kambon lecturing on the origins of African thought:


Kambon providing combat training :

 

[MajorVitaman]

He goes into great depth in his marial arts videos

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

He goes into great depth in his marial arts videos

All of his stuff is great. I'll post more soon. You should do so too

 

[bnm8907]

This is crazy af to me because I started watching his videos recently.

Im really interested in African Philosophy especially practical philosophy that can be used in daily life. If anyone has other suggestions please let me know.

 

[im_sleep]

Dude is the real deal. Nuff respect. I been slacking on his videos lately, gotta watch some more.

 

[mbewane]

Subs. Trying to hear from more non-french speaking African intellectuals too (ironically first vid is about french teaching in Ghana, gonna check it out)

 

[bnm8907]

Ive listened to I his class room lectures up to number 4 I think. He dropped some good gems throughout.

1. The complementary nature of things vs european philosophy something being better the than the other.
2. How african philosophy recognized the circular nature of things. Like star movement, time, and life itself
3. He also talked about how to try and understand things by breaking them down into parts you do understand. Ex: they may not understand how certain things are formed but you do know how life is formed on some level ie. seed is fertilized then cell divide and grows. So you take that framework for other aspects. Or at least that's how I understood it


And his interviews are sticky worthy