AN EXPLORATION OF PANTALEON IROEGBU'S PEDAGOGY OF NKUZIOLOGY FOR CONTEMPORARY AFRICA

Abstract

In an era where the call for excessive trust or reliance on whole Western ideals to mediate thought, theory and method in the African intellectual arena has gradually gained dominance. This research seeks to foreground a blend of African indigenous knowledge systems with Western ideals in the reflections of the Nigerian philosopher Pantaleon Irogbeu. Through the method of analysis and rigour, this study explores Iroegbu's Nkuziology – his neologism for his understanding of teaching and what education entails. In other words, Nkuziology is Iroegbu's philosophy of education that has not received its relevant and plausible attention. The aim of this research is therefore to expose and explore the contemporary relevance of Iroegbu's philosophy of education both for Africa and non-African places too.