Andrew F. Uduigwomen’s Footmarks on African Philosophy: A Critical Review

Abstract

The 166 paged book titled Footmarks on African Philosophy is a thematic summation of the constitutive elements of African Philosophy. The author dedicated it to all his students, past and present.

The book is sufficiently insightful in revealing the arguments that raged about the nature and development of African Philosophy from its inception. It presents a lucid understanding of the various perceptions and methodologies African Philosophers and Philosophers in Africa had about the African world and African reality. Thus, the author is successful in presenting in a single text a detailed and readable summary of a text that captured the various arguments and counter arguments that heralded the practice and teaching of African Philosophy. In almost three decades of its publication, the book has remained relevant in providing a summary guide to both Philosophy teachers and students and the general public in understanding the conceptions and methodologies that helped in moulding and establishing African philosophic enterprise