“Look at Christianity and Islam. They have the Bible and the Koran……” — Sophie Oluwole (Punch (Nigeria), interview feature on Sophie…)

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The archive attributes this English wording to Punch (Nigeria), interview feature on Sophie Oluwole (2017) and files it under Africana Philosophy. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.

About Sophie Oluwole

Sophie Bosede Oluwole (1935–2018) was a Nigerian philosopher and the first woman to earn a doctorate in philosophy in Nigeria. She taught at the University of Lagos and argued that Yoruba oral traditions, especially Ifá, contain rigorous classical philosophy comparable to Greek sources.

How to read this passage

Epistemology asks whether knowledge is justified true belief, reliable tracking of the world, or something else; it also asks how perception, testimony, memory, and reason contribute. This passage enters that discussion through knowledge, society.

Concepts in this quote

Knowledge

Knowledge is the philosophical study of what we can justifiably claim to know—and where certainty ends.

Society

Society is the web of institutions, customs, and mutual expectations in which individual freedom takes shape.

How to cite this quotation

APA: Sophie Oluwole. (n.d.). Look at Christianity and Islam. They have the Bible and the Koran… Now, where is our own book on Orunmila? It is a question that should worry all rational Yoruba and African people. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0552

MLA: Sophie Oluwole. “Look at Christianity and Islam. They have the….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0552.

Chicago: Sophie Oluwole. “Look at Christianity and Islam. They have the….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0552.

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