Godesulloh Bawa

Source: https://africana.cornell.edu/godesulloh-bawa Parent: https://africana.cornell.edu/graduate-students

PhD Student in Africana Studies

Overview

I’m Godesulloh, a PhD student in Africana Studies with a Graduate Minor in Philosophy from Abuja, Nigeria. I’m interested in themes and questions that span philosophy, Africana Studies, music, history, and politics. In philosophy, where I spend most of my time, I’m interested in ethics and moral philosophy, existentialism, philosophy of religion, Africana political thought and political philosophy more broadly (I like to think about utopias sometimes). More recently, I’ve been thinking through questions within the critical philosophy of race, particularly about the moral stakes involved in racial colour-blindness.

As a musician, I actively compose and arrange across several genres for various instruments and ensembles, including jazz big bands/combos, orchestras, choirs and solo classical/fingerstyle guitar. I also occasionally write little musicals.

Research Focus

African Philosophy, moral and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of race