Journal of
Philosophy and Culture

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS AND PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
  • Abbreviation: J. Philos. Cult.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 0855-6660
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPC
  • Start Year: 2004
  • Published Articles: 57

Full Length Research Paper

A Yorùbá reflection on the theodicy embedded in Prince’s “Sign O’ The Times”: Implications for scholarship on African Theology

DASAOLU Babajide Olugbenga  
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 14 March 2019
  •  Accepted: 06 June 2019
  •  Published: 31 July 2019

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