CRITIQUE OF IGBO AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EXPEDIENCY

Abstract

Having been preponderantly incarcerated by the empirical immediacy and influence by the philosophy of expediency  orchestrated  by  the  colonialist  empiricism  and  utilitarianism,  Igbo  Africanfeels  satisfied  in anchoring his fate on the result-oriented principles, denigrating the erstwhile conviction that God’s time is the best. Today the contemporary Igbo African is meant to live in the now and its peculiarities, he has lost the  patience  and the  value  attached  to  longanimity  in  waiting  for  a  best  turn  of  events  tomorrow.  So  for him, it is now or never, unjust or unprincipled, the best happens when he gains access, with urgency. The moribundity that is attached to the plan of getting the best, provided it takes some time, has precipitated to his  acceptance  of  the  mundane  philosophy  of  ebeano,  egwueji  and  akanchawa  which  are  trado-Igbo African  theories  on  which  he  targets  his  justifications.    On  this  backdrop  this  paper  intends  to  x-ray  the new, dominant and all pervading Igbo African Philosophy of expediency (speed, haste and urgency) using the hermeneutical method to explain the neologisms which are ‘ab ovo’ mentioned as systems of thought that will help him philosophize soberly and accurately. As new theories in Igbo linguistic philosophy, this paper  intends  to  critique  the  new  Igbo  African  approach  to  Philosophy  of  expediency  and  provide  an interpretative scheme which will chart a new map for further development in these areas