(University of the Western Cape, 2022) Kapatika, Harry Wilson; Oyowe, Oritsegbubemi
Many social scientists, philosophers and theorists have applied Boaventura de Sousa
Santos�s conceptual neologism, �Epistemicide�, in various fields, in singular reference
to a set of mutually distinct phenomena. This raises an immediate philosophical and
epistemic question of conceptual plausibility and the validity of the inferences drawn.
In this case, a single philosophical term is applied as an explanation for a set of diverse
phenomena that have been claimed to occur, not only in the history of ideas but also in
the contemporary moment, which is also the context of current debates on African
epistemology.