Abraham, W.E. (1962) The Mind of Africa, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (A classical discussion of the place of philosophical ideas in African life.)

Eze, E. (1997) Postcolonial African Philosophy: a Critical Reader, Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell. (A useful collection of important work in contemporary African philosophy.)

Hountondji, P.J. (1983) African Philosophy: Myth and Reality, London: Hutchinson. (The most important Francophone discussion of the project of modern African philosophy.)

Masolo, D.A. (1994) African Philosophy in Search of Identity, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (A critical history of modern African philosophy.)