ABSTRACT
Until quite recently, to speak of the African heritage of Afro-Caribbean philosophy would have been to open myself up to major challenges. In both Africa and the West, the existence of such a distinct philosophical heritage was in serious doubt among academicians and professors of philosophy. A cloud of colonial invisibility had descended over African philosophy. However, thanks to the work of scholars like Kwame Gyekye, Alexis Kagame, Marcien Towa, Henry Oruka, Tsenay Serequeberhan,1
and others, it has been rescued from this awful fate. Consequently, I can proceed with my primary task of outlining the traditional phase of this heritage, which remains a formative influence on Afro-Caribbean philosophy.
