Malibabo Balimbanga The study presents Placide Temples’ way towards the “Philosophie bantoue” and the repercussion of the latter in the African discourse. Three decisive aspects are investigated: first the prehistory, i.e., the socio-political, scientific and religious contexts, which prepared him and put him in an estate to discover that Africans do have a Philosophy, second his purposefulness and his singularity, and finally the history of its reception and the reactions by the African scholars and sages. Bantu 390 periodical academic journal 2006 3 2006 1860-7462 urn:nbn:de:0009-10-2688 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0009-10-2688 malibabo2006