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Akinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology, University of South Africa, and a lecturer at Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria. His research recognizes the interrelatedness of issues with the nonlinearity of conceptual thought. Akinpelu thus focuses on advancing the Indigenous knowledge systems of the Global South, and of the African continent in particular, as a theoretical and pragmatic framework for addressing today's environmental challenges. His area of research includes African environmental philosophy, decoloniality and development studies, and applied epistemology. Outside philosophical engagements, Akinpelu enjoys playing the piano.
RCC Research Project: Complementary Epistemology: A Viable Framework for Environmental Philosophy
Selected Publications:
- “Ideating African Indigenous Knowledge Systems for Africa’s Participation in the 4IR: From Content Framework to Process Formation.” Filosofia Theoretica 10, no. 3 (December 2021): 29–43.
- “Towards a Complementary Outlook for Science and Metaphysics: The Myth of Rejecting Metaphysics.” The International Journal of Universal Multidisciplinary Education Research Foundation 5, no. 1 (2020): 125–137.
- “On The ‘Language Question’ in African Literature and African Philosophy.” Akungba Journal of Applied Philosophy 1, no. 1 (January–June 2017): 137–154.
- “Towards an Enlightened Externalism: A Demystification of the Internalism/Externalism Debate.” Socrates 3, no. 2 (June 2015): 71–79.