The African philosophy of Ntu existed a long time ago, and it brought about solidarity and oneness in African society.The importance of this paper therefore is to discuss the African Philosophy of Ntu.
The paper will start by defining the key concepts, then differentiating African philosophy from Western philosophy. The paper will go further into discussing the basic features that make up the Ntu philosophy and also, towards the end of the paper, the African philosophy will be criticised. At last a conclusion will be drawn up, summing all the main points of the paper.
Table Of Contents
INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY
CONCEPT OF NTU
UNIVERSE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
BASIC FEATURES MAKING UP THE AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF NTU
BANTU ONTOLOGY (VITAL FORCES)
VITAL HUMAN FORCE AND THE INFERIOR FORCE (BEINGS AND INANIMATE FORCES)
THE EXISTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE LIVING- DEAD
THE INTERACTION OF FORCES: ONE BEING INFLUENCING ANOTHER
HIERACHY OF FORCES: PRIMOGENITURE
UBUNTU- HUMAN –NESS
COMMENSALITY
COMMUNALISM AND SOCIALISM
BANTU ETHICS
CRITICISMS OF THE AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY
CONCLUSION
Bibliography
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