What Is Ailing Africa? — Practical Philosophy in Reinventing Africa

Stephen Onyango Ouma is a Kenyan philosopher and author. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief and publications manager at Consolata Institute of Philosophy (CIP), where he also serves as a lecturer. He is also a lecturer at Marist International University College. He obtained a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and is currently in his final year as a doctoral student. His scholarship focuses on the philosophical interpretation of diverse cultural phenomena in Africa and beyond with his main area of specialization being African Studies.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1 The Social ConstructIntroduction1 An Overview of the Invention2 The Social Construct: How It Started3 Social Construct Defined4 The Western Social Construct Discourses5 The Objectives of Western Social Construct6 The Roots of Racial Discourses7 The Impact of Western Social Construct: the Root Cause of Cultural Intoxication in Africa7.1 The Western Social Construct and the African Worldview: Culture and Modernization7.2 Traditional Understanding of Ultimate Reality8 Decolonizing the Western Construct8.1 Need for Conscious-Minded Leaders9 Decolonization Attempts and Its Failure in Africa9.1 The Vision of the African Founding Fathers10 What Should We Do? the Desire for Antithesis Discourses2 Decolonizing Colonial EducationIntroduction1 Education: Self-Autonomy2 History and Time2.1 Why the Revitalization of the African Past?3 Autonomy and Freedom4 Literature in Colonial Africa5 Africanizing the Colonial Education Systems: the Missing Link6 The Traditional African Education Systems: a Philosophical Reflection7 The Role of Traditional African Approaches of Education in the Modern World7.1 Diversity in Commonality8 African Indigenous Education: a Lived Education8.1 Traditional Understandings of Morality8.2 Morality, Religion and Corruption in Africa9 African Indigenous Educational System: a Holistic System9.1 Decolonizing the African mind: the Role of African Philosophy in Education10 African Traditional Education and Development: Education in an African Context10.1 Indigenous Knowledge for Development: Opportunities and Challenges11 Prospect of Integrating AIKS into the Teaching of Sciences in Africa11.1 African Traditional Education: Gender in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa12 An African Understanding of Education12.1 Knowledge in Modern Africa13 Miseducation: Objectives and Results3 The European Social Constructs and Development in AfricaIntroduction1 The African Paradox2 Is Africa on the Move?4 African Economic and Political Liberation TrajectoryIntroduction1 A Cultural View on African Development1.1 Reimagining Africa’s Economic Growth1.2 Abolition of Foreign Aid for Development Path in Africa2 The African Double Consciousness5 Re-Inventing the Invented AfricaIntroduction1 Inventing a ‘Construct’: Rehabilitating the African Identity2 Need for a Healthy Inter-Continental Cooperation3 Changing Trends4 Africa RisingReferencesIndex