Pius Mosima's research interests are in African Philosophy, Intercultural Philosophy, Postcolonial Theory, with a strong focus on moral, political and anthropological philosophical questions, as well as on the intersection of philosophy and religion in different cultures.

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Fields of interest

• African Philosophy
• Intercultural Philosophy
• Postcolonial Theory
• Theories of Race and Gender
• Philosophy of Politics, Society and Law 
• Intercultural Philosophy of Religion

Research

The mentioned fields of interest led to research in African Philosophy (Henry Odera Oruka), Intercultural Philosophy (Philosophic Sagacity) and the Colonial Archive (Placide Tempels' Bantu Philosophy). Currently research projects are in a starting phase, mainly focused on Philosophy of African Indigenous Courts, and continuing questions from the earlier research projects. In all research there is an interdisciplinary, contextualizing approach, with a strong interest on questions in Practical Philosophy.

Grants and awards

Travel grants, a.o. Volkswagen Foundation Grants (2007), Goethe Institute, Point-Sud, Lasdel (2014-2016), Carnegie Corporation of New York (2019).
Publication grant from African Studies Center (2016)
Clue+ Fellowship (2021), Senior Research Fellowship (2022-2025), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Curriculum vitae

Pius Mosima earned a double Masters in Philosophy (University of Yaoundé I) and Political Science (University of Yaoundé II), as well as a post-graduate teachers' diploma from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Yaoundé, all in Cameroon. While working as a high school teacher and a university lecturer in Cameroon, he earned his PhD at Tilburg University, The Netherlands on "Philosophic Sagacity and Intercultural Philosophy. Beyond Henry Odera Oruka". He has had teaching positions at University of Bamenda and University of Yaoundé I (École Normale Supérieure Polytechnique) in Cameroon, and also taught at universities in the Netherlands, a.o. in Wageningen University, Eindhoven University and Leiden University. Simultaneously he was a Senior Research Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he worked in The Bantu Philosophy Project, of which he is also the co-initiator. 

Selected publications

1) Philosophic Sagacity and Intercultural Philosophy: Beyond Henry Odera Oruka, Leiden: African Studies Center, 2016.
2) ‘Francophone African Philosophy: History, Trends and Influences’, in Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions.Vol.7. No.1, January-April 2018.
3) ‘Vital force in African-Intercultural philosophy’, in Key Concepts in World Philosophies: Everything You Need to Know About Doing Cross-Cultural Philosophy, Flavel, S., & Robbiano, C. (eds.) Bloomsbury Academic, (2022).
4) 'Being-in- Community as the basis of wellbeing in African Philosophy' in Bateye, Masaeli, Müller and Roothaan (eds.) Well-Being in African Philsophy. Insight for a Global Ethics of Development, Lexington Books, 2023.
5) Afrikaanse filosofie: Stemmen van wijsheid (co-author Henk Haenen), Uitgeverij Noordboek, 2025.