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BANTU PHILOSOPHY ACCORDING TO PLACIDE TEMPELS
by EDMOND BOELAERT, with a reaction from Tempels.
Aequatoria 9(1946)3, 81-90

BANTU PHILOSOPHY ACCORDING TO PLACIDE TEMPELS
by EDMOND BOELAERT.
Zaire 1(1947)4, 387-398

IN MEMORIAM PLACIDE TEMPELS (only available in French)
by HERMAN BURSSENS. Unpublished text, written in Dutch in 1977 or 1978. Herman Burssens (1927-2016) was professor of the history of African arts and cultures at the University of Ghent, Belgium. He was the son of Amaat Burssens (1897-1983), one of the founders of the African Studies program at the University of Ghent and editor-in-chief of the "Kongo-Overzee Bibliotheek", which ensured the Dutch edition of "Bantoe-Filosofie" of 1946 (full text here). Translation from Dutch, footnotes, and presentation: Prof. H. Lodewyckx, Faculty for Comparative Sciences of Religions (Antwerp, Belgium), 01 June 2024.

CONCERNING TEMPELS's LA PHILOSOPHIE BANTOUE (English introduction and presentation; text itself only available in French)
by Mgr. VICTOR ROELENS, published in Courier d'Afrique on 11 October 1946 as well as in Grands Lacs on 15 March 1947. Roelens wrote this text on Tempels's request, as a supportive reaction to an earlier negative review by the Jesuit missionary F. Mortiaux. Presentation: Prof. H. Lodewyckx, July 2024.