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Title:Philosophy and Africa's struggle for economic independence
Author:Ramose, M.B.ISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:Politeia: Journal for Political Science and Public Administration
Volume:25
Issue:1
Pages:3-17
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:political philosophy
poverty
decolonization
Abstract:The prospect of the decolonization of Africa contained the promise of economic independence. However, decolonized Africa is yet to realize economic independence. One of the major reasons for the failure to realize the political and moral imperative for economic independence is Nkrumah's thesis of 'seek ye the political kingdom first and the rest shall be added unto you'. Critical examination of this thesis, elevated to the dogma of African independence, leads the author to conclude that the primacy of the political kingdom has thus far done nothing to alter the structural and systemic impoverishment of Africa. An alternative is urgently required if the injustice of poverty is to be remedied. There is a need for a yardstick with which to determine the character of the political kingdom and to measure its competences and scope. This need may be fulfilled by the philosophy of 'ubuntu'. The philopraxis of 'ubuntu' is a necessary cultural and political ingredient in the quest for African economic independence. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited]
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