About the Journal

The Journal came into existence in 1996 as a multidisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, evolved and graduated into special issues dealing with the multifaceted challenges of Existence and Being. From Lagos State University where I was raised as an academic to Nnamdi Azikiwe University where I was made a professor, Essence has been a very influential forum for thinkers and professional philosophers in Nigeria, Africa, and the world in general. It has been a veritable avenue for interrogating philosophical questions and problems from different traditions and cultures, while essentially aiming at promoting African philosophy and philosophy in Africa. The ESSENCE JOURNAL has survived trying times and economic hardship in Nigeria, but it has been resilient enough to sustain its publications against the backdrop of progress made since inception. We welcome readers and researchers to this enlightenment forum and acquaint them to previous issues that have remained evergreen in the education and propagation of ideas in the philosophical and multidisciplinary space. Therefore, those intending to join the effervescent stream of the ESSENCE LIBRARY global club and share its vision and mission should avail themselves of the previous issues in print and in the website: www.essencelibrary.org. They remain invaluable to intergenerational academics and mentorship.