DECOLONIZATION OF THE AFRICAN MIND THROUGH INDIGENOUS EDUCATION: A PHILOSOPHICAL PROPOSAL

Abstract

The greatest damage brought by colonialism is visible in the destruction of the African mind. Based on this, many contempoary Africans now repudiate indigenous realities in preference to those which are alien. African development is however pursued with this inauthentic mentality. As such, authentic African persons are now viewed as unfashionable, non resourceful and archaic. This popular trend has direly affected sustainable development of most African nations and their larger populations. Analytically, therefore, this paper opted for the decolonization of the African mind through sound indigenous education. The study found that the authentic African mind severed by colonial orientation can be restored through programmed instructions embedded in indigenous educational curricula and continental orientations. The paper therefore concludes that Africa will be on equal stance with other continents when African people are educated to appreciate their identity and personhood as the fulcrum of their existence.