The journal JOCAP has published two new issues

4 february 2026

Since its founding in 2019, the Journal of Contemporary African Philosophy (JOCAP) has sought to contribute to the development of contemporary philosophical reflection grounded in African realities, by providing an open and rigorous academic space for dialogue. Published in English and peer-reviewed, this scholarly journal—resulting from a collaboration between the Dominican Vice-Province of Southern Africa, DOMUNI Universitas, and Domuni Press—aims to position African philosophy within international intellectual debates while responding to the contemporary needs of the continent.

In this context, the two most recent issues published in English constitute significant contributions to pressing political, ethical, and technological challenges. These issues place at the center of discussion themes such as human dignity, democracy, development, artificial intelligence, and climate change within African contexts.

Volume 5 brings together a selection of articles that critically address the ethical, social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of artificial intelligence and climate change from African perspectives. The contributions examine themes such as AI ethics and governance, climate justice, indigenous and communitarian philosophies, decolonial and feminist approaches to technology, as well as the unequal impacts of technological and environmental transformations on African societies.

Taken as a whole, the articles highlight African experiences of vulnerability, resilience, and innovation, while proposing context-sensitive analytical frameworks to address the articulation between AI, climate change, and social justice, both on the African continent and within the diaspora.

It is available here: Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change and the African Experience: Challenges, Resilience and Opportunities

Volume 6 of JOCAP explores how issues of human dignity, justice, and development are addressed in contemporary Africa. The contributions examine the unfulfilled promises of independence, the search for an African philosophy of development that is both sustainable and relevant, as well as the struggle for equitable access to reproductive health.

They also engage in a dialogue between the Kantian conception of human dignity and Ubuntu/hunhu, and interrogate the political and economic implications of prophetism.

Overall, this issue of the journal sheds light on the ethical, social, political, and religious dynamics shaping democratic renewal and human flourishing on the continent.

It is available here: Human Dignity, Development and Democracy in Contemporary Africa

Together, these two publications reaffirm JOCAP’s commitment to a rigorous and contextualized philosophical inquiry, highlighting the contribution of African thinkers to major contemporary debates.