NASARA JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY

It is true that African philosophy exists and has gotten a wider recognition and acceptance. This can be attested to by the many universities within and outside Africa studying it as one of the branches of philosophy. However, African philosophy is still faced with the challenge of relevance in this globalised world. In this era, a philosophy or philosophical tradition has to move from its philosophical place to philosophical space for it to remain relevant. This is what philosophers such as Innocent I. Asouzu, Jonathan O. Chimakonam have done. They have taken African philosophy to the philosophical space where it competes favourably with other philosophies. In spite of this great move, African philosophy is still faced with some challenges. It is to address some of these challenges that this paper becomes germane. In this paper, we are of the position that African philosophy has a lot of prospects for philosophy at the philosophical space and globalisation. We will explore and discuss some African philosophical concepts and systems such as, Ibuanyidanda, Njikoka Amaka, Ubuntu, Ujamaa, etc, with the view of showing how they can be relevant in comparative/intercultural (global) philosophy and the global society. The rationale is that, inherent in these unique concepts and systems of African philosophy is the tendency to foster mutual understanding and peaceful co-existence, which are lacking in the globalised world. The methods employed in this work are critical analysis, reflection, synthesis and reasoned prescription.

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