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Focusing on the ubuntu theory, the book explores its role in shaping virtue and moral character across various African regions. It proposes a critical reconstruction of ubuntu by identifying and conceptualizing four distinct practices that contribute to moral character development. Through this investigation, the author highlights the cultural significance and implications of ubuntu in ethical formation.

Focusing on the concept of justice, the book critiques communal interpretations prevalent in African political philosophy, such as relational theory and Ubuntu justice. The author highlights the limitations of these theories in addressing individual identity. By exploring alternative philosophical frameworks like vitalism and theism, the work advocates for a reconstructed Ubuntu-based theory that emphasizes both self-existence and the existence of others. It also underscores the importance of rights in shaping the understanding of justice within traditional African communities.

Exploring the question of being, this book contrasts Western and African philosophical perspectives through analytic metaphysics. It examines two main views: one focusing on language structure with subjects, objects, and relations, and the other emphasizing a dynamic, holistic understanding of being through verbs. Key metaphysical concepts such as space-time, causation, and the mind-body relationship are analyzed. The text highlights the universal nature of philosophy while acknowledging cultural differences and the impact of language on conceptualizing existence. Additionally, it introduces innovative African models of space and time.

This book offers a new way of doing African philosophy by building on an analysis of the way people talk. The author bases his investigation on the belief that traditional African philosophy is hidden in expressions used in ordinary language. As a result, he argues that people are engaging in a philosophical activity when they use expressions such as taboos, proverbs, idioms, riddles, and metaphors. The analysis investigates proverbs using the ordinary language approach and Speech Act theory. Next, the author looks at taboos using counterfactual logic, which studies the meaning of taboo expressions by departing from a consideration of their structure and use. He argues that the study of these figurative expressions using the counterfactual framework offers a particular understanding of African philosophy and belief systems. The study also investigates issues of meaning and rationality departing from a study on riddles, explores conceptual metaphors used in conceptualizing the notion of politics in modern African political thought, and examines language and marginalization of women and people with disabilities. The book differs from other works in African philosophy in the sense that it does not claim that Africans have a philosophy as is commonly done in most studies. Rather, it reflects and unfolds philosophical elements in ordinary language use. The book also builds African Conception of beauty and truth through the study of language.

The book explores the interplay between capitalism and freedom within African philosophy, highlighting their roots in both traditional and modern political systems. It argues that while elements of neoliberal capitalism are influenced by Western ideologies, they also exist in African traditions. The author discusses the tension between individualism and socialism, rooted in African communitarianism, which has hindered effective policy development and exacerbated socio-economic and ethical challenges across the continent.