IGWEBUIKE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PHILOSOPHICAL POLEMICS AND INITIATIVES FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This paper seeks to answer these questions: to what extent can African plan of economic development premised on a philosophical basis that is not African yield the desire economic development in Africa? What are the alternative philosophical approaches proposed by African thinkers for African Development? What lessons can we draw from Igwebuike as an African Philosophy? The paper is, therefore, divided into five sections. Following the introduction, section two examines the concepts of philosophy and development. While section three discusses western dominated philosophical approaches to African development, section four focuses on the alternative philosophical approaches to African development. Section five discusses the lessons from Igwebuike as an African philosophy and concludes.