A REVIEW OF IGWEBUIKE PHILOSOPHY AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN AFRICA

IRABOR Benson Peter

Abstract


One of the most intriguing aspects of Kanu’s essay is mainly its effort to interrogate the spate of human rights violation in Africa from the perspective of the Igbo-African indigenous knowledge systems. He does this through the ideologies and perspectives embedded in the concept of ‘Igwebuike.’ The present study intends to disinter the strengths and weaknesses of Kanu’s (2017a) proposal regarding how to not only consider but also safeguard and guarantee human rights in Africa. Before we explore the weight of his proposal, the task of each of the following paragraphs is to explain the meaning of Igwebuike as well as the spate of human rights violation in Africa. This is calculated to allow us to possess a good gaze of the perspective that Kanu’s analysis derive.

Full Text:

PDF

References


Chima, C.S. (2008). “Overriding Patient Autonomy in Medical Practice: Best

interests, Necessity, Therapeutic Previledge and Public Policy.†A Paper

presented at the International Conference on Bioethics Organised by the

UNESCO regional Center for Documentation and Research on Bioethics at

Egerton University, 12-14th August.

Isicheic, E. (1983). A History of Nigeria. London: Longman

Kanu, I.A. 2017a. “Igwebuike Philosophy and Human Rights Violation in

Africa.†IGWEBUIKE: An African Journal of Arts and Humanities. 3(7): 113-31

Kanu, I.A. 2017b. “Igwebuike as an Igbo-African Philosophy of Inclusive

Leadership.†IGWEBUIKE: An African Journal of Arts and Humanities. 3(7):

-83

Kanu, A. I. (2017b). Igwebuike and the Logic (Nka) of African Philosophy.

Igwebuike: An African Journal of Arts and Humanities. Vol. 3 No 1.[9-18].

Kanu, A. I. (2017c). Igwebuike as an Igbo-African ethic of reciprocity. Igwebuike:

An African Journal of Arts and Humanities. Vol. 3 No 2.[155-160].

Kanu, I. A. (2016). Igwebuike as an Igbo-African Hermeneutics of Globalisation..

IGWEBUIKE: An African Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 2 No.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.