Abstract
Fathoming our recession: The modernist world has become possessed of ““economaniaâ€" syndromes (obsessive money-making fixation); only a marginal few dare to canvas a return to humanity consciousness as the cardinal orientation of original human minds. The visitation of recession experienced by Nigeria, for instance, prompts mental home coming imperative for introspective assessment of nationhood merits and humanity direction. A nation thriving on its original lore of being, (inherited mental, cultural and environmental resourcefulness) is invariably blessed with life and economic security in prosecuting modernity aspirations. Recession stems from abandoning home bred humanity and knowledge legacies, while indiscriminately borrowing and mal-implementing incompatible but flashy foreign practices. Economic recession may have receded, but more devastating mental recession is still devastating the nation, Nigeria. The pandemic of mental recession has been progressively afflicting African nations, leaderships and masses, since the inception of political, social, economic, educational, religious, and overall mind colonization. Copycat mentality became entrenched, and seriously conflicts leadership and followership in all aspects of life and governance. Foreign imagination of life disables sustainable nationhood building. The canker demands drastic redemption, a mission, which humanity-based and culture-conscious education can accomplish. Pre-colonial African societies prioritized mind-wellness ideology- fellow humanity devotion (Blacking, 1976) - in life education sites, pedagogies and practices.
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