ABSTRACT
Many years of personal experience, study, research and teaching on indigenous African culture in general and on indigenous Chagga culture in particular, have disclosed that, like all peoples everywhere, indigenous Africans have a fundamental worldview, a unified trend of thought on life and world, which inspires their thoughts, words, and actions. It is their window to the world within and without. Their worldview is a powerful compass that guides their everyday interactions in life and world. For analytical purposes, four aspects of this worldview will be identified, although there is essentially one and therefore uncompartmentalized in real life. The following is a brief description of each of the four aspects that, when seen together as one worldview, are crucial in order to understand the major thrust of this book: fundamental African virtues and the educational system that makes them possible.
