AN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHER: GBENGAADEBOYE IN FOCUS

Abstract

While researches, discussions and debates etc. about the ontological nature of African Philosophy were evolving, destructive criticisms were more evident than constructive ones, even from Africans. These ontological debates, especially in philosophical scholarship, have posed many questions thereby trying to relegate African Philosophy to mere cultural thought system. Some of the central objections are lack of individual figures to whom ideas could be attributed, and documentation. These objections are apparently against the traditional African thought, the raw data processed to become contemporary African Philosophy, which seems to have taken care of the objections raised by some scholars. While considering works by African Philosophers as sharp responses to the sceptics of African Philosophy, there is the need to examine some works, although not done by trained Philosophers, but whose works are philosophical. This paper, therefore, attempts to introduce and discuss GBenga Adeboye's works within the context of philosophy. This endeavour is believed to expound some of his works and subject them to philosophical scrutiny. This paper argues, using the methods of analytic description.