By: Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews The World He Was Born Into To understand Théophile Obenga’s intellectual mission, we must first understand the world that formed him. He was born on February 2, 1936, in Brazzaville, in what was then…
By: Rev. Dr. Phlippe SHOCK Matthews Series Introduction There is a particular kind of intellectual courage required to stand in the corridors of Western academic power and say, plainly and without apology, that Africa is the originator of philosophy, that…
A Four-Part Blog Series by Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews | SHOCKmethod.com | ShockTraumaFreeWebinar.com The Question That Changes Everything There is a logic embedded in the entire architecture of Dr. Joy DeGruy’s scholarly project that only becomes fully visible when…
A Four-Part Blog Series by Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews | SHOCKmethod.com | ShockTraumaFreeWebinar.com Why Debate Matters Within Liberation Scholarship In the tradition of serious Africana scholarship, intellectual debate is not a sign of weakness or crisis. It is a…
By Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews, Research Scientist in Africana Phenomenology “It is characteristic of the blacks that their consciousness has not yet arrived at the intuition of any objectivity. He is a being in the rough. Africa has no…
A Four-Part Blog Series by Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews | SHOCKmethod.com | ShockTraumaFreeWebinar.com The Formation of a Scholar Who Would Change Everything Every major intellectual contribution in human history has a biography behind it—a set of lived experiences, encounters,…
A Four-Part Blog Series by Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews | SHOCKmethod.com | ShockTraumaFreeWebinar.com There is a particular kind of liberation that arrives not in the streets but in the mind—the moment when something you have always felt but could…
SERIES INTRODUCTION Before There Was Google, There Was Dr. Ben: Why His Work Still Demands Our Attention By Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews | ShockTraumaFreeWebinar.com | SHOCKmethod.com There is a certain kind of knowledge that the dominant culture fears more…
The Life, Legacy, and Liberation Science of Dr. Charles S. Finch III A 4-Part Blog Series by Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews ────────────────────────────────────────── Series Introduction There are scholars who work within systems. And then there are scholars who work to…
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