The South African Journal of Psychology, in pages 273–279, of 2017, published a very important and commendable editorial by Kopano Ratele aimed at re-igniting the debate on issues surrounding ‘decades-old confusion about the definition, scope, impetus for, and ultimate aims of an African psychology within South Africa (SA)’. His incisive contribution in response to these issues was submitted under the title: Frequently asked questions about African psychology. In attempting to join this debate, the aim is not to challenge but to complement the fine responses made by Ratele (2017b) to the questions he had raised. Specifically, the aim of this article is to keep this important debate about the state of African psychology alive by showing that there are still some unexplored questions about African psychology that need to be raised and responded to. It is the conviction of the present author that it is through such debates that a better understanding of the meaning and scope, and vision and mission of the nascent academic discipline of African psychology could be achieved.

南非心理学杂志（2017年）第273-279页发表了科帕诺·拉特尔（Kopano Ratele）的一篇非常重要且值得称赞的社论，旨在重新引发围绕“数十年来关于定义，范围，推动力，和南非（SA）内非洲心理学的最终目标”。他针对这些问题做出的杰出贡献以“关于非洲心理学的常见问题”为题提交。。尝试加入这场辩论的目的不是挑战，而是补充Ratele（2017b）对他提出的问题的出色回应。具体地说，本文的目的是通过表明仍然存在一些有关非洲心理学的未探索问题需要提出和回应，从而使有关非洲心理学状态的重要辩论得以继续进行。作者的信念是，通过这样的辩论，可以更好地理解非洲心理学新生学科的含义和范围，愿景和使命。