Philosophical inquiry, according to Kwasi Wiredu, must be both genetic and analytic. A genetic approach to philosophy is primarily concerned with the origin and existence of fundamental concepts and categories of thought, while an analytic approach deals with the elucidation of concepts usually by breaking them down into their constituent parts and the ways in which the parts are related. Although African philosophy is replete with philosophical and conceptual analysis, not much attention has been paid to the genetic approach to doing philosophy in an African language. With examples of concepts and practices in Akan, I aim to show how philosophizing in an African language can be both genetic and analytic. Taking the genetic approach as ontologically and epistemically primary, I will argue that a good analysis of concepts and ideas ought to be situated within the linguistic and cognitive structures, and the cultural experiences in which the concepts are embedded. A genetic-analytic approach to philosophizing, I hope to show, fosters dialogue among cultures, and serves as a useful framework for intercultural philosophy.