Western philosophy is a product of Western culture and it cannot proffer solutions to all African problems. If I sound too odd, the question of the existence of witches is an example. Westerners would simply think that Africans are only obsessed with superstitions, but those who have experienced or felt the existence of these forces would agree with me that we need African philosophy, because we have some problems that are specific to that continent. Our culture, I mean our traditional religion, belief system, world view and most importantly language, is our power house. If we are going to discover another planet different from the one we occupy now, we are going to need our culture. Different cultures see the world differently and that is why they come up with different innovations which they can share with one another. If we neglect our own, the secrets of the world that are hidden in our culture would be lost forever while at the same time, we won’t beat the Caucasian at his game. I only hope the renaissance would come soon. https://ahjotnaija.wordpress/2014/09/01/africas-rebirth-and-the-place-of-cultures-2/
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:53:17 +0000
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