What is philosophy? Reflection on the nature of philosophizing has occupied philosophers from the very beginning. In the European tradition alone, we have divergent ideas and understandings of what philosophizing is. But how must the existing perspectives on what philosophy is be supplemented and critically reconsidered if we include concepts of philosophizing from other cultures and regions – for example from Africa, Asia or Latin America? How can we succeed today in clarifying and discussing concepts of philosophy in a global context? How can we promote fruitful exchange between representatives who speak from an established hegemonic philosophical tradition of the Global North and representatives who speak from marginalized and inferiorized regions, such as Africa, and thus face the additional challenges of philosophizing against the background of dealing with racist stereotypes, colonialism and neo-colonialism? What does this do to philosophizing? What consequences does this have for the understanding of philosophy?