African Mode of Thought and Its Implications

Abstract

The African person can be understood in a better way by looking at his intellectual ability. This paper critically analysis some views that have been presented by some scholars doubting the mental ability of the African person, the many unfounded prejudices of the Western thought, meaning and characteristics of the term philosophy and whether African philosophy exists or not. The study was a desk research and the researcher relied on secondary data for the work. The paper establishes that all minds in the world have the same intrinsic nature. However, the modus operandi may be different, that is; the mind's disposition, the use and application.  This paper reiterates that the African mind is no different from other minds and that it is not the mind which differentiates one human being from the other in terms of his race, physique, rationality or sociability in view of the negative presentation from Western Philosophers. It is emphasized that only circumscriptive forces of the environment make an African operate differently and not the African mind as such. Similarly, the paper establishes that African philosophy exists with similar characteristics to the western philosophy.