Prof. Dr. Godfrey B. Tangwa

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsPractical Philosophy
Keywordsbioethics, healthcare ethics, governance/regulation, philosophy, research ethics

Current contact address

CountryCameroon
CityYaounde
InstitutionUniversite de Yaounde I
InstituteDepartment of Philosophy, FA.L.S.S.

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Eckhard BreitingerSchwerpunkt Afrikanologie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm VossenkuhlLehrstuhl für Philosophie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Eckhard BreitingerInstitut für Afrika-Studien (IAS), Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Prof. Dr. Michaela PelicanInstitut für Ethnologie, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/1995

Programme(s)

1994Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2019Godfrey B. Tangwa: African Perspectives on Some Contemporary Bioethics Problems. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019
2019Godfrey B.Tangwa, Akin Abayomi, Samuel J.Ujewe, Nchangwi S.Munung (Eds.): Socio-cultural Dimensions of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Africa: An Indigenous Response to Deadly Epidemics. Springer International Publishing, 2019
2010Godfrey B. Tangwa: Elements Of African Bioethics In A Western Frame . Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2010
2004Godfrey B. Tangwa: Some African Reflections on Biomedical and Environmental Ethics. In: Kwasi Wiredu, A Companion to African Philosophy. Blackwll Publishing Ltd., 2004. 387-395