LESSONS FROM IGWEBUIKE AS AN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY

Sharkdam Wapmuk

Abstract


This paper seeks to answer these questions: to what extent can African plan of economic
development premised on a philosophical basis that is not African yield the desire
economic development in Africa? What are the alternative philosophical approaches
proposed by African thinkers for African Development? What lessons can we draw from
Igwebuike as an African Philosophy? The paper is, therefore, divided into five sections.
Following the introduction, section two examines the concepts of philosophy and
development. While section three discusses western dominated philosophical approaches
to African development, section four focuses on the alternative philosophical approaches
to African development. Section five discusses the lessons from Igwebuike as an African
philosophy and concludes.


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