Chantal Gishoma Editor

Albert Kasanda is Senior Researcher at the Department of Political Philosophy of the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences, in Prague. Albert’s expertise spans intercultural philosophy and comparative philosophy, as well as African and Latin American philosophies. His current research focuses on African political philosophy, civil society, intercultural philosophy, and genre theory. He is the author of John Rawls : Les bases philosophiques du libéralisme politique (2005), and editor of two volumes on African and comparative philosophy: Pour une pensée africaine émancipatrice (2004) and Dialogue interculturel : cheminer ensemble vers un autre monde possible (2013). His recent books include Contemporary African social and political philosophy: Trends, debates, and challenges (Routledge 2018); Africa in a Multilateral World: Afropolitan Dilemmas (co-edited with M. Hrubec, 2022); and Africká filosofie společnosti (co-authored with Jan Svoboda and Marek Hrubec, 2022).

Alena Rettová is Professor of African and Afrophone Philosophies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, where she leads an ERC-funded project called “Philosophy and Genre: Creating a Textual Basis for African Philosophy” (2020-2026). Prior to joining Bayreuth, Alena taught Swahili literature and African philosophy at SOAS University of London (2006-2020). Alena’s publications include Afrophone Philosophies: Reality and Challenge (2007) and Chanter l’existence : La poésie de Sando Marteau et ses horizons philosophiques (2013). Her forthcoming monograph is entitled The Nonhuman in African Philosophy (2026). In collaboration with Chouette Films, Alena has produced a series of films on African philosophy, entitled Philosophical Journeys, filmed in the DRC and Rwanda. Alena’s current research focuses on translations of African authors into Eastern European languages, with a focus on Czech and on Georgian, and on the nexus between language and epistemic decolonization.

Chantal Gishoma has worked as a lecturer at the University of Rwanda and a researcher at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. A specialist in African languages, literature and culture, Chantal has a particular interest in Rwandan cultural history. Both her doctoral thesis at INALCO/Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle in France and her recent postdoctoral research focused on the philosophical and poetic thought of Alexis Kagame (1932–1981). This research culminates in Chantal’s forthcoming book, entitled Umulirimbyi wa Nyili-Ibiremwa : Une philosophie poétique d’Alexis Kagame (2026). On top of her exploration of the figure of Alexis Kagame, Chantal’s publications, situated at the intersection of literature, anthropology and philosophy, cover a wide range of topics: gender equality and women’s rights, radio theatre as a means of communication and an awareness-raising tool on a national scale in Rwanda. Her recent research is on the translation of literary texts and documentary films. Adopting a pluralistic approach to translation, she analyses techniques, promotes intercultural dialogue through poetry, and contributes to preserving the memory of the Rwandan genocide and raising public awareness of its consequences.