IGWEBUIKE PHILOSOPHY AND UJAMAA

Abstract

Recent happenings has also shown that the African continent is being ‘raped’ of values that depict African authenticity such as moral consciousness, decency, unity, communalism, brotherhood, familyhood, and the likes. The sacrifices of our heroes past are being thrown into the dustbins. Everything seems to be in the doldrums, our ethical values, beliefs and systems are on the verge of extinction. This recent turn of events, also reveals a growing trend of individualism among Africans, which is in sharp contrast to our traditional African society which was known for its sensitivity to the common good - the hallmark of authentic Africanism. This has set the African Continent in a web of total cultural disarray; the Africans have been entangled in a cabinet of criss-cross network of identity crisis. Daily, human values are being trampled upon as a result of the substitution of our previously cherished moral values with European pieces, which were imported to African states. Thus, this paper has critically x-rayed Igwebuike Philosophy of KANU Ikechukwu Anthony and the African socialist ideology (Ujamaa) of Julius Nyerere. It has also compared both ideologies in a bid to proffering possible ways in which our "lost" brotherhood can be upheld and restored for the common good. The method of research employed was the Igwebuike indeginous method of research which understands reality in terms of its interconnectedness and complimentarity.