TASK: Europeans philosophers deny that Africans are not philosophers. Justify this claim.

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems such as these connected with reality existence, knowledge, value, reason, mind and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. The world philosophy comes from the Ancient Greek “Philosophia” which literally means Love of Wisdom (Beertrand 1912)

Philosopher is a person who seeks for wisdom or enlightenment or a person whose philosophical perspective makes meeting trouble with equanimity easier. A word philosopher came from middle English philosophe, philosopher from Angola – French, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, from phil Sophia Wisdom, from Jopho wise. Also there are African philosophers such as Julius Nyerere from Tanzania, john langalibalele Dube from south Africa, David Benatair and John Mc Dowell from Tunisia, Taha Abdurrahiman and Alain Badioub from morocco and obatemi, John Olubi Sadipo,

European philosophers are those people lived in Europe and they involved in philosophical matters such examples of philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Immanuel Kantu and Gottfied wilhelm Leibniz.

African philosophers are those philosophers found in Africans and they engaged in philosophical matters such as Kwame Mkurumah, Julius k Nyerere, Campell Momoh and John mbiti. European philosophers deny that Africans are not philosophers, this statement is not true due to the presence of different philosophers in Africa which is as follows;

KWAME NKRUMAH

Kwame Nkrumah was the philosopher and president of Ghana. He argues the “Liberation and Africa Diaspora”.

Liberation is the situation of making someone to be free. This idea was adopted by Kwame that was aimed at making people of Ghana free from foreign domination and not only Ghana but also for all African countries.

Unity, emphasis much of unity in African countries that all liberated African countries must from unity. Also these ideas supported much by Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, he wanted to make African countries unity together in order to make economic superior and strong, and arm military force so as other African countries to be attacked from foreign power .

MWALIMU JULIUS K. NYERERE

Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, proponent about education for self-reliance and socialism and the first president of republic of Tanzania argue that, education should produce an individual who has acquire not only knowledge and skills but also social, mental attitudes that will helps the individual to self-sufficient after leaving schools. Nyerere emphases socialism that is equal sharing of resources and no exploitation and classes among the people.

Education for self-reliance, this was the kind of education that introduced by J. K. Nyerere form aim of making people to be self-reliance. Example making people to have self-employment for the aim of eliminating poverty life hardship such as eradicate of poverty.

NELSON MANDELA

Nelson Mandela leader of South Africa. He is a genuinely and modest and humane whose entire life was given over to the cause of social justice, the emancipation of the black majority in south Africa and the abolition of the apartheid regime.  He learned the lesson of patience, self discipline and respect, he dedicated to three struggles to set people free way to freedom.

KWASI WIREDU

Kwasi Wiredu, is a professional philosopher a professor of philosophy. There are of course several other professional philosophers in departments of philosophy all over Africa professor Wiredu observes that contemporary Africa philosophers devote a lot of time on the questions of Africa philosophy which is distinct from doing Africa philosophy. He believes it is necessary at this stage to go beyond talking about Africa philosophy and get down to actually doing it.

Professor Wiredu accordingly gets down to work and advances two philosophical theses, first truth is nothing but opinion and, second that to be is to be known.

Generally, according to this statement of European philosophers that in Africa no philosophers are not true in facts that in Africa there had have philosophers, in facts that the Africans had their philosopher who contribute in different activities for their nations and World at large.

REFERENCE

Chukwudi E. E (1997). African philosophy An Anthology: Bucknell University Press.

Abanuka, Batholomew. A (1975). History of African philosophy.Enugu: Snaap Press.

Shipka T.A (2004). Philosophy:Paradox and Discovery:The McGraw-Hill company.USA.