The contribution of philosophy to Africa’s development

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dc.contributor.authorOyedola
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-15T08:36:36Z
dc.date.available2020-01-15T08:36:36Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso journal, Volume 8 Number 1, Jan 2016, p. 9 – 20en_US
dc.description.abstractWhether Africa is compared with other continents or it is considered on its own, much of Africa is in a precarious state. Africa is known to be lagging behind in development not only in the economy, but also in philosophy, science, politics, technology, etc. This precarious state has made many scholars cynical about the contributions philosophy has made towards the development of the continent. In this study, however, it is argued that such a cynical attitude is due to a myopic conception of “development,” which excludes growth in education, the economy, politics, science, the mental aspect of culture, and/or the unawareness of the fact that Africans (including the colonial and neo-colonial interferences) led the continent to a precarious state, not because of the inability on the part of the philosophers to proffer solutions, but owing to the unwillingness and failure on the part of African leaders in their un-philosophical or unrefined political, educational, economic, and scientific policies to adopt the solutions proffered.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOyedola, D.A., 2016. The contribution of philosophy to Africa’s development. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(1), pp.9-20.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-2815
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1888
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectphilosophyen_US
dc.subjectdevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjecthistorical growthen_US
dc.titleThe contribution of philosophy to Africa’s developmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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