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I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Nairobi. I teach Philosophy specializing in Practical Philosophy and Human Rights. I am currently the Program Coordinator for Human Rights at the Centre for Human Rights and Peace (CHRP), University of Nairobi. I have been a Visiting scholar at Aarhus University, Denmark; the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden; Columbia University, New York, USA; University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Universidade Pedagogica (UP), Mozambique; University of Rwanda, and many local universities.

(Last updated: February 25, 2022)

Publications

Forthcoming

Owakah, F, Warambo KA.  Forthcoming.  Negotiating a place and space for Ethics in the Conservation of Kenya’s Heritage: Thinking philosophically and strategizing sociologically, 18 October 2019. 2nd Annual Nairobi International Multidisciplinary . , Nairobi
Owakah, F, Musili T.  Forthcoming.  Ideology, Politics and Human Rights in Africa: Conversations and Reflections on the Future of Human Rights in Africa Post COVID-19, 14 October 2020. Third Annual International Multi-Disciplinary Conference: Global and Local Response to Emerging Issues in the Third Decade of the Millennium: Opportunities and Threats. , Nairobi

Submitted

Owakah, F.  Submitted.  Introducing V.Y. Mudimbe in East Africa: The University of Nairobi Experience.
Owakah, F, Aswani DR.  Submitted.  African Ontology: It’s Implications on Socio-Political Development. Reflections of African Societies and Development: Perspectives from African Philosophers.
Owakah, F.  Submitted.  Exploring Indigenous Knowledge: An Exposition of Sage Philosophy and Oral Literature Projects in Kenya. Re-Thinking Sage Philosophy.
Nyabul, P, Owakah F, Muyila JW.  Submitted.  Elements Philosophy.

2019

Owakah, F.  2019.  Guarding the Coast: a Report of the Public Inquiry on Insecurity & its Impact on the Enjoyment of Human Rights in the Coastal Region of Kenya, 2019. (Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Ed.)., Nairobi: Kenya National Commision on Human Rights
Owakah, F, Nyarwath O.  2019.  The Future of Sage Philosophy in Africa. The Role of Philosophy in the African Context: Traditions, Challenges and Perspectives. , Rome: Urbaniana University Press
Owakah, F.  2019.  Terrorism, Anti-Terror War and Minority Rights: The Case of the Boni of Coastal Kenya. The Role of Philosophy in the African Context: Traditions, Challenges and Perspectives. , Rome: Urbaniana University Press

2018

Oduor, R, Nyarwath O, Owakah F.  2018.  Odera Oruka in the 21st Century. , Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP)
Oduor, R, Nyarwath O, Owakah F.  2018.  Introduction to Odera Oruka in the 21st Century. Odera Oruka in the 21st Century. , Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP)
Owakah, F, Liyai H, Nyarwath O.  2018.  Henry Odera Oruka: A Bio-Bibliography. Odera Oruka in the 21st Century. , Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP)

2013

Owakah, F.  2013.  Sage Philosophy: Past, Present and Future, 15 October. Seminario de Abertura dos Doutoramentos em Filosofia e am Geografia qu decorreu. , Centro de Linguas da UP-Sede Maputo, Mozambique
Owakah, F, Aswani RD.  2013.  African Ontology: Its Implications on Socio-Political Development. UNESCO-Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS):African Cultures, History, and Civilizations.. , Paris: UNESCO

2012

Owakah, FEA.  2012.  Race Ideology and the Conceptualization of Philosophy: The Story of Philosophy in Africa from Placide Tempels to Odera Oruka. Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK). 4(2):147-168.

2011

E., DROWAKAHFRANCIS.  2011.  The Ethics of Deontology in Corporate Communication. Thought & Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya. : The Philosophical Association of Kenya/AJOL Abstract
This paper seeks to provide guidelines on how to respond to the ethical challenges entailed in corporate communication. It argues for the need for an ethical grounding for the practitioner of corporate communication, before critically examining the two broad ethical theories - deontology and teleology - and their place in ethical judgment. The authors underscore the importance of deontological ethics in the practice of corporate communication

2010

E., DROWAKAHFRANCIS.  2010.  African Social and Political Philosophy. Thought & Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya. : Centre for Open & Distance Learning, University of nairobi Abstract
An Instructional Manual for teaching African Social and Political Philosophy, a fourth year course in the department of Philosophy.

2009

E., DROWAKAHFRANCIS.  2009.  Social Philosophy. Thought & Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya. , Nairobi: The Centre for Open and Distance Learning, University of Nairobi AbstractWebsite

An instruction manual for teaching Social philosophy to third year students in the department of philosophy.
E., DROWAKAHFRANCIS.  2009.  Technocracy and Democracy: The Challenges to Development in Africa. Thought & Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya. : Philosophical Association of Kenya/AJOL Abstract
In this paper, we argue that the future of development in Africa lies in the shift from democracy in the conventional sense to technocracy, where the role of the expert is recognized and appreciated. We set out by presenting conceptualizations ofdemocracy and technocracy. Thereafter, we highlight the challenge posed by the demands of the information society to traditional concepts of democracy.

2008

E., DROWAKAHFRANCIS.  2008.  African Philosophy. Thought & Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya. : The Centre for Open and Distance Learning, University of Nairobi AbstractWebsite

An Instructional Manual for teaching African Philosophy to second year students in the department of philosophy, University of Nairobi

2007

Owakah, F.  2007.  A Critique of the Culture of Philosophy: Challenges and Opportunities for Philosophy in Africa.. (Nyasani, Joseph, Ed.)., Nairobi: University of Nairobi
Owakah, F.  2007.  Forward In F Ochieng Odhiambo, African Philosophy: An Introduction.

2005

  2005.  The Language of History in African Philosophy. Hekima:Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. II ( 2)

2002

Owakah, DFEA.  2002.  The Practice of Philosophy in Africa: Challenges and Prospects. Thought and Practice in African Philosophy. , Nairobi: Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

1994

Owakah, F.  1994.  Justice in the State: the Case of Nyerere’s Philosophy of Ujamaa. (Monyenye, Solomon, Fredrick Ochieng-Odhiambo, Eds.)., Nairobi: University of Nairobi

1990

Owakah, F.  1990.  A Moralist View of the State: The Case of Nyerere.. (DA Masolo, Ed.)., Nairobi: University of Nairobi

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