Jean-Godefroy Bidima (born 1958 in
Mfoumassi) is a Cameroonian philosopher, currently living in the United States. Bidima is the former director of the program at the International College of Philosophy in Paris and as of 2015 is a professor in French and Italian and Yvonne Arnoult Chair in Francophone Studies at
Tulane University
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...
in
. His fields of interest are cited as " Continental philosophy, literatures and arts of the Francophone world, African philosophies, juridical anthropology and medical ethics".
He is the author of numerous books and articles on African philosophy, including ''Histoire et traversée : philosophie, politique et l’imaginaire en Afrique'', ''Philosophie negro-africaine'' (1995) and ''La palabre: une juridiction de la parole'' (1997).
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Cameroonian philosophers
1958 births
Living people
Tulane University faculty
Cameroonian emigrants to the United States