EKPOMA REVIEW

Philosophers of different generations have been interested in how to impact humanity positively. This is because the primary responsibility of philosophy is to reflect on life and society. The advent of the existentialist tradition transformed the philosophy of human existence into a specialized field in the philosophical discipline. Soren Kierkegaard, as an essential part of this tradition, concerned himself with concrete issues of human existence. They are Issues that should assist the individual to attain self-realization and actualization. Ironically, the African continent is seen as a paradox of poverty, dehumanization, and low human existence amid abundant human and natural resources. These plethoras of issues have a more significant effect on human existence among societies of the Global South against myriads of opportunities and regard for human life, which abound among communities of the Global North. Africa is still far from achieving some of the issues necessary for the attainment of the real- self as envisaged by Kierkegaard. The thrust of this paper is to examine the discourse of human existence from Soren Kierkegaard's point of view, with the hope that human existence on the continent could be improved by the maximization of the various existential virtues in African culture and philosophy. The work is a comparative analysis of Kierkegaard and African philosophies to isolate issues

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