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5Intrinsic or Instrumental Value? African Philosophical Conceptions of DignityIn Motsamai Molefe & Christopher Allsobrook (eds.), Human Dignity in an African Context, Springer Verlag. pp. 187-203. 2023.The desire for dignity informs an individual’s daily activities. Human beings, driven by a universal desire to be recognised and to be seen as dignified people within a society, conduct their actions according to values that are considered dignified. Society informs our disposition toward the dignity of one another. This evokes the question of the true nature of dignity: what is dignity? This chapter seeks to explore and engage with the question of the nature of dignity in African society, drawi…Read more
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15African phenomenology and ontological absolutism in politics: The complex postcolonial situation of CameroonIndo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology 21 (1). 2021.ABSTRACT In an attempt to formulate an African phenomenological method, this article engages with existing African philosophical schools, namely particularism, universalism and eclecticism. I will explore how the positions advanced in these schools, valid in their own rights, are at the same time potentially absolutist and thus in need of reformulation. I will also test my theoretical findings by addressing the ontological implications of ontological absolutism in politics, with special referenc…Read more
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18Ubuntu and the Ontology of Radical EscapeTheoria 87 (5): 1083-1098. 2021.Theoria, Volume 87, Issue 5, Page 1083-1098, October 2021.
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16In the Name of God? Religion, Silence and ExtortionFilosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions 10 (1): 71-86. 2021.This article critically analyses the role religion has played in promoting silence and extortion in Africa with particular reference to Nigeria. In my philosophical analysis, African and Western literatures will guide my reflection on religion, the role it played in advancing the colonial agenda and its use in today’s African societies. This analysis seeks to present a case for the position that the colonial debris of disempowerment, injustices, manipulation, and extortion are still very much pa…Read more
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22Ubuntu and the Ontology of Radical EscapeTheoria 87 (5): 1083-1098. 2021.Communitarianism has been the dominant disposition of many African scholars towards ubuntu. The nature of the concept somewhat limits how one can theorise about ubuntu. However, I argue that there is still a lot more that can be harnessed from the ubuntu concept, especially as it pertains to the ontology of radical escape. I use radical escape as an ontological character of every human being whereby to exist is to escape. In this paper, I argue that ubuntu does not provide the possibility for ra…Read more
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76The Destruction of Historical Monuments and the Danger of Sanitising HistoryPhilosophia 49 (3): 1187-1200. 2020.This article explores the ethical questions that arise from any theorisation on the destruction of historical monuments. Considering the fact that historical monuments do not directly inflict physical harm on people, the loss of life does not seem to be an issue. From a philosophical perspective, I argue that even though there might be no direct physical danger inflicted on individuals when a historical monument is destroyed, there are some ethical questions which require attention when dealing …Read more
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10Ethnic and racial valorisations in Nigeria and South Africa: How ubuntu may harm or helpSouth African Journal of Philosophy 39 (3): 296-307. 2020.Diversity is a fact of the social world; however, it can also be a problem if it leads to the valorisation of ethnic or racial identities. The social structures that inform the problems that arise from differences are based on historical, geographical, social, political, and economic stratifications; as well as on thought paradigms that either explicitly or implicitly promote the proliferation of binaries between “us and them”. We argue that an uncritical uptake of the African philosophy of ubun…Read more
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21Decolonising BordersTheoria 67 (163): 1-24. 2020.This paper seeks to address the problem of strangeness within the context of migration in Africa. I draw on historical realities that inform existing international and African discourses on migration. I hope to show that most African countries have unconsciously bought into international arguments that drive the legitimacy of building walls, visible and invisible, and the promotion of stringent migration policies that minimise the influx of African immigrants. I draw on political and philosophic…Read more
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28Religion : a new Struggle for African IdentityPhronimon 7 (1): 71-83. 2016.CITATION: Sanni, J. S. 2016. Religion : a new Struggle for African Identity. Phronimon, 7:71–83, doi:10.17159/2413-3086/2016/120.
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion |
19th Century Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |